NR 222 Unit 6 Test Bank
Chapter 12: Conception Through Adolescence
Potter et al.: Fundamentals of Nursing, 9th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A mother has delivered a healthy newborn. Which action is priority?
a. Encour
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NR 222 Unit 6 Test Bank
Chapter 12: Conception Through Adolescence
Potter et al.: Fundamentals of Nursing, 9th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A mother has delivered a healthy newborn. Which action is priority?
a. Encourage close physical contact as soon as possible after birth.
b. Isolate the newborn in the nursery during the first hour after delivery.
c. Never leave the newborn alone with the mother during the first 8 hours after delivery.
d. Do not allow the newborn to remain with parents until the second hour after delivery.
2. A nurse teaches a new mother about the associated health risks to the infant. Which statement by
the mother indicates a correct understanding of the teaching?
a. “I will feed my baby every 4 hours around-the-clock.”
b. “I need to leave the blankets off my baby to prevent smothering.”
c. “I need to remind friends who want to hold my baby to wash their hands.”
d. “I will throw away the bulb syringe now because my baby is breathing fine.”
3. A nurse is working in the delivery room. Which action is priority immediately after birth?
a. Open the airway.
b. Determine gestational age.
c. Monitor infant-parent interactions.
d. Promote parent-newborn physical contact.
4. A nurse is assessing a newborn that was just born. Which newborn finding will cause the nurse to
intervene immediately?
a. Molding
b. A lack of reflexes
c. Cyanotic hands and feet
d. A soft, protuberant abdomen
5. A nurse performs an assessment on a healthy newborn. Which assessment finding will the nurse
document as normal?
a. Cyanosis of the feet and hands for the first 48 hours
b. Triangle-shaped anterior fontanel
c. Sporadic motor movements
d. Weight of 4800 grams
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