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- 1. Multiple Choice
Upon completion of a vaginal examination on a laboring woman, the nurse records: 6 cm/50%/-1.
Which one of the following is a correct interpretation of the data?
Fetal presenting part is 1 cm above the ischial spines.
Effacement is 4 cm from completion.
Dilation is 50% completed.
Fetus has passed through the ischial spines.
- 2. Multiple Choice
The midwife records that the patient’s cervix is “10/100/2.” The nurse understands that the patient’s cervix is
completely dilated and effaced.
completely dilated and half-effaced.
completely effaced and half-dilated.
half-dilated and half-effaced.
- 3. Multiple Choice
The nurse notices on the admission record that the fetus is in a cephalic military presentation. The nurse realizes that the fetus
is coming feet first into the birth canal.
has the head in the birth canal first, but the head is not flexed.
has the head in the birth canal first, and the head is in a flexed presentation.
the fetus' shoulder is presenting first
- 4. Multiple Choice
A woman who is about 38 weeks of gestation tells the nurse that for some reason this morning she can breathe easier. The nurse can best explain this as being a
normal change because of the fetus's dropping down into the pelvis region, relieving the pressure on her diaphragm.
normal change caused by the maternal cardiac output increasing as she gets closer to labor.
concern, and the fetus needs to be assessed.
normal change caused by the maternal cardiac output increasing as she gets closer to labor.
- 5. Multiple Choice
The nurse is educationg a primigravida that the definitive sign indicating labor has begun happens when the patient experiences
lightening.
rupture of membranes.
progressive uterine contractions.
passage of the mucus plug.
- 6. Multiple Choice
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