Postpartum Care

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1. Eve is a postpartum patient on your floor. After completing your morning assessment, you palpate her fundus at 2 finger breadths below the umbilicus. How many days postpartum should Eve be?

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2. Keisha delivered her fourth child approximately 24 hours ago. She is your patient for the evening shift and you realize that, as she breastfeeds, it is normal for her to experience:

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3. Gretchen delivered her first child three days ago. She calls your 24-hour Postpartum Line. She is crying and states that her breasts suddenly became "bigger" and "really hurt." You assess that she does not have reddened areas on her breasts and that she is mostly likely experiencing:

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4. Tiffany delivered via C-section 2 days ago. She is frustrated by constant perspiration and urination. This is likely the result of:

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5. Assessing Maureen, a 32-year-old mother of three, you notice that her bleeding is slightly heavier than noted in previous assessments. Upon exam, you find her uterus is displaced upward and to the right. The displacement of her uterus is probably caused by:

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6. A postpartum patient to whom you just administered the rubella vaccine states that she plans to get pregnant again right away. You inform the patient that she should:

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7. Joan is 17-years old and just delivered a healthy baby boy 6 hours ago. She talks on her cell phone whenever you are in the room and refuses to look at, touch, or hold her infant, even when he cries. You overhear Joan tell someone that the baby is ugly like his father. Joan is most likely exhibiting signs of:

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8. Sarah delivered her son Christopher vaginally 4 days ago without complications. She calls the 24-hour hotline at 2 a.m. for breastfeeding assistance. She is crying and says that her nipples are cracked, bleeding, and sore. Your best response would be:

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9. Samantha delivered via C-section 48 hours ago. She read in the discharge booklet that postpartum women are at risk for thrombophlebitis. How can she prevent thrombophlebitis? You instruct her to:

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10. Mary Ann delivered a premature infant 5 days ago and has been "boarding" on your floor so she can visit her infant in the NICU. You decide to check on Mary Ann. As you enter the room, she begins to cry and flops down on the bed. In addition to the stress of having an infant in the NICU, Mary Ann may be experiencing:

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11. Suzanne is a mother of three who delivered vaginally 8 hours ago. She has uterine cramping and rates her pain as a "9" on a scale of 0 to 10 but refuses any pain medication. What is your best response to Suzanne's pain?

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12. You are caring for Emily, a 28-year-old mother of three who delivered vaginally 4 hours ago. She reports she is "bleeding a lot." Her perineal pad, changed 25 minutes earlier, is fully saturated with blood. Palpation reveals that her uterus is boggy. Your first nursing intervention is to:

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13. Mei experienced premature rupture of membranes during her pregnancy and had internal fetal monitors placed during labor. She later delivered via C-section. Twelve hours after delivery, you notice that Mei's heart rate is 104 and her lochia smells foul. You suspect that Mei has:

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14. Kyra developed a UTI after repeated catheterizations during labor. You explain to her the rationale for drinking cranberry juice for a UTI. It:

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15. You are preparing to discharge Maria from the birthing center where she delivered a healthy baby boy. You believe that Maria understands the discharge teaching instructions when she states: