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NCLEX Maternity Nursing Questions and Answers updated The nurse is collecting data from a pregnant client when the client asks the nurse about the purpose of the fallopian tubes. The nurse responds to the client, knowing that the fallopian tubes: - Answers: Are where fertilization occurs.A nursing student is assigned to care for an adolescent female client in the health care clinic and the instructor reviews the menstrual cycle with the student. The instructor determines that the student understands the process of the secretion of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) if the student states: - Answers: FSH and LH are released from the anterior pituitary gland.The nurse working in a prenatal clinic reviews a client's chart and notes that the health care provider documents that the client has a gynecoid pelvis. The nurse understands that this type of pelvis is: -

Answers: The most favorable for labor and birth.

The client asks the nurse about the purpose if placenta. The nurse plans to respond to the client, knowing that the placenta: - Answers: Provides an exchange of nutrients and waste products between the mother and the fetus.The nurse is describing the process of fetal circulation to a client during a prenatal visit. The nurse tells the client that fetal circulation consists of: - Answers: Two umbilical arteries and one umbilical vein.A nursing student is assigned to a client in labor. The nursing instructor asks the student to describe fetal circulation, specifically the ductus venosus. The instructor determines that the student understands the structure of the ductus venosus if the students states that it: - Answers: Connects the umbilical vein to the inferior vena cava.During a prenatal visit, the nurse checks the fetal heart rate (FHR) of a client in the third trimester of pregnancy. The nurse determines that the FHR is normal if which of the following heart rate is noted: -

Answers: 150 Beats per minute 1 / 2

The nurse is teaching a pregnant woman about the physiological effects and hormone changes that occur during pregnancy. The woman asks the nurse about the purpose of estrogen. The nurse bases the response on which of the following purposes of estrogen: - Answers: It stimulates uterine development to provide an environment for the fetus, and stimulates the breasts to prepare for lactation.A nursing student is asked to describe the size of the uterus in a non-pregnant client: - Answers: The uterus weighs about 2 ounces.The nursing instructor asks a nursing student to list the functions of the amniotic fluid. The students responds correctly by stating that which of the following are functions of amniotic fluid: - Answers: - Allows for fetal movement -Is a measure of kidney functions -Surrounds, cushions, and protects the fetus.-Maintains the body temperature of the fetus.The client arrives at the prenatal clinic for her first prenatal assessment. The client tells the nurse that the first day of her last menstrual period was October 20, 2012. Using Nagele's rule, the Nurse determines the estimated date of birth to be: - Answers: July 27, 2013 A pregnant client asks the nurse in the clinic when she will be able to start feeling the fetus move. The nurse responds by telling the mother that fetal movements will be noted between: - Answers: 16 and 20 weeks gestation.The nurse is collecting data during the admission assessment of a client who is pregnant with twins. The client has a healthy 5 year old child who was delivered at 38 weeks, and she tells the nurse that she does not have a history of any type of abortion or fetal demise. The nurse would document the GTPAL for this client as: - Answers: G=2, T=1, P=0, A=0, L=1 The nurse is collecting data during the admissions assessment of a client who is pregnant with triplets.The client also has a 3 year old child who was born at 19 weeks gestation. The nurse would document which gravida and para status on this client: - Answers: Gravida II, Para I

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