OB HESI & Maternity Study Guide 2021
Questions
1. A nursing instructor is conducting lecture and is reviewing the functions of the female
... [Show More] reproductive system. She asks Mark to describe the follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and the luteinizing hormone (LH). Mark accurately responds by stating that:
1. FSH and LH are released from the anterior pituitary gland.
2. FSH and LH are secreted by the corpus luteum of the ovary
3. FSH and LH are secreted by the adrenal glands
4. FSH and LH stimulate the formation of milk during pregnancy.
2. A nurse is describing the process of fetal circulation to a client during a prenatal visit. The nurse accurately tells the client that fetal circulation consists of:
1. Two umbilical veins and one umbilical artery
2. Two umbilical arteries and one umbilical vein
3. Arteries carrying oxygenated blood to the fetus
4. Veins carrying deoxygenated blood to the fetus
3. During a prenatal visit at 38 weeks, a nurse assesses the fetal heart rate. The nurse determines that the fetal heart rate is normal if which of the following is noted?
1. 80 BPM
2. 100 BPM
3. 150 BPM
4. 180 BPM
4. A client arrives at a prenatal clinic for the first prenatal assessment. The client tells a nurse that the first day of her last menstrual period was September 19th, 2005. Using Naegele’s
rule, the nurse determines the estimated date of confinement as:
July 26, 2006
2. June 12, 2007
3. June 26, 2006
4. July 12, 2007
5. A nurse is collecting data during an admission assessment of a client who is pregnant with twins. The client has a healthy 5-year old child that was delivered at 37 weeks and tells the nurse that she
doesn’t have any history of abortion or fetal demise. The nurse would document the GTPAL for this client as:
1. G = 3, T = 2, P = 0, A = 0, L =1
2. G = 2, T = 0, P = 1, A = 0, L =1
3. G = 1, T = 1. P = 1, A = 0, L = 1
4. G = 2, T = 0, P = 0, A = 0, L = 1
6. A nurse is performing an assessment of a primipara who is being evaluated in a clinic during her second trimester of pregnancy. Which of the following indicates an abnormal physical finding necessitating further testing?
1. Consistent increase in fundal height 2. Fetal heart rate of 180 BPM
3. Braxton hicks contractions
4. Quickening
7. A nurse is reviewing the record of a client who has just been told that a pregnancy test is positive. The physician has documented the presence of a Goodell’s sign. The
nurse determines this sign indicates:
1. A softening of the cervix
2. A soft blowing sound that corresponds to the maternal pulse during auscultation of the uterus.
3. The presence of hCG in the urine
4. The presence of fetal movement [Show Less]