1 :

Hint : 📏 500 ÷ 125 × 5.

Correct Answers:

  • 20


Rationale :

✍️Ordered dose = 500 mg

✍️Supply = 125 mg/5 mL.

✅Formula: mL needed = (Ordered mg ÷ Supply mg) × Supply mL.

✅500/125​=4; 4×5 mL

→20 mL


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2 :

Hint : 🧠Explore, don’t reassure.

Correct Answers:

  • "What part of the exam makes you most nervous?"


Rationale :

🗨️This response uses therapeutic communication by inviting the client to express her feelings about the exam.

🗨️Open-ended questions build trust and allow the nurse to identify specific anxieties or misconceptions.

🗨️It avoids minimizing her concerns and places emphasis on active listening and client-centered care.

🗨️Exploring the client’s worries promotes a sense of control and autonomy in the decision-making process.

🗨️This aligns with professional nursing practice by addressing emotional readiness before interventions.


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3 :

Hint : 🧮400 ÷ 4.

Correct Answers:

  • 100


Rationale :

✍️Total volume = 400 mL

✍️Time = 4 hr.

✅Formula: Rate (mL/hr) = Total volume (mL) ÷ Time (hr).

✅400 mL/4 hr

↦100 mL/hr


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4 :

Oral temperature 36.7 oc (98.0 OF)

Heart rate 100/min

Respiratory rate 20/min

Blood pressure 100/50 mm Hg

sa02 on room air

0830:

Heart rate 105/min

Respiratory rate 20/min

Blood pressure 90/52 mm Hg

sa02 on room air

Heart rate 1 15/min

Respiratory rate 22/min

Blood pressure 86/50 mm Hg

sa02 95% on room air


A nurse reviews the assessment findings and determines the findings are consistent with which of the following complications? For each finding, click to specify if the assessment findings is consistent with placenta previa or abruptio placentae. Each finding may support more than one disease process.


Assessment Findings Placenta Previa Abruptio Placentae
Abdominal assessment
Abdominal pain level
Hemoglobin level
Description of vaginal bleeding
Uterine tone

Hint : 🤰 Painless bright-red → previa; pain + rigid → abruption.

Correct Answers

  • Abdominal assessment [ Abruptio Placentae ]
  • Abdominal pain level [ Abruptio Placentae ]
  • Hemoglobin level [ Placenta Previa ; Abruptio Placentae ]
  • Description of vaginal bleeding [ Placenta Previa ]
  • Uterine tone [ Abruptio Placentae ]

Rationale :

Abdominal assessment → Abruptio placentae

🔷 Abruptio placentae typically presents with a tender, board-like abdomen on palpation due to myometrial tetany and concealed or revealed bleeding.

🔷 The uterine surface often feels firm and irritable, reflecting increased uterine tone rather than a relaxed uterus.

🔷 These exam findings arise from placental separation and blood dissecting into the decidua/myometrium, generating notable abdominal rigidity.

🔷 The abdominal exam may also elicit significant maternal discomfort, consistent with painful placental detachment.

🔷 Recognition of this abdominal profile prompts urgent evaluation for maternal hemodynamic status and fetal well-being.

Abdominal pain level → Abruptio placentae

🔷 Abruptio placentae is classically painful, with sudden, constant, or severe abdominal/low-back pain accompanying the event.

🔷 Pain correlates with uterine irritability and tonic contractions, reflecting myometrial involvement by bleeding.

🔷 Clients may describe unremitting pain rather than intermittent cramping, aligning with acute placental separation.

🔷 Pain intensity can be present with or without visible bleeding, particularly when bleeding is concealed.

🔷 Prompt identification of significant pain accelerates resuscitative and obstetric interventions to limit maternal–fetal morbidity.

Hemoglobin level → Both (Placenta previa and Abruptio placentae)

🔷 Both placenta previa and abruptio placentae involve maternal blood loss, so hemoglobin/hematocrit decrease is consistent with either diagnosis.

🔷 In placenta previa, overt bright-red bleeding commonly mirrors the measured drop in hemoglobin.

🔷 In abruption, the hemoglobin decline may be disproportionate to external bleeding because loss can be concealed within the uterus.

🔷 Trending CBC values alongside vitals (e.g., tachycardia, hypotension) helps quantify the degree of hemorrhage.

🔷 Declining hemoglobin in either condition warrants escalation, crossmatch, and hemorrhage bundle preparedness.

Description of vaginal bleeding → Placenta previa

🔷 Placenta previa classically presents with painless, bright-red vaginal bleeding, often after 20 weeks of gestation.

🔷 The bleeding is due to placental implantation over or near the cervical os, which can shear with cervical change.

🔷 The uterus is typically soft and non-tender, distinguishing it from the rigid, painful picture seen with abruption.

🔷 Bleeding can be recurrent and unpredictable, particularly with activity or cervical manipulation.

🔷 Immediate priorities include no digital exams, ultrasound confirmation, and hemorrhage surveillance.

Uterine tone → Abruptio placentae

🔷 Increased uterine tone (a firm, “board-like” uterus) is a hallmark of abruptio placentae.

🔷 The tone elevation reflects intrauterine bleeding with myometrial irritability and sustained contractions.

🔷 Clinically, tone changes may coincide with fetal distress from compromised uteroplacental perfusion.

🔷 This contrasts with conditions where the uterus remains soft/relaxed, which is not typical of abruption.

🔷 Persistent hypertonus directs urgent stabilization, imaging, and delivery planning as indicated.


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5 :

Hint : 🚱 UO <30 mL/hr.

Correct Answers:

  • Urinary output 40 mL in 2 hr


Rationale :

🧪Magnesium sulfate is excreted renally; low urine output signals accumulation and risk of magnesium toxicity.

🧪Safe urine output is ≥ 30 mL/hr; 40 mL in 2 hr (20 mL/hr) is below the safety threshold and must be reported immediately.

🧪Toxicity can cause loss of deep tendon reflexes, respiratory depression, and cardiac conduction blocks, making early recognition essential.

🧪Reporting prompts interventions such as holding/reducing the infusion, serum magnesium levels, and antidote (calcium gluconate) availability.

🧪Close monitoring of I&O, reflexes, respiratory rate, and level of consciousness is standard while on magnesium therapy.


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6 :

Hint : 🍼Had child, now can’t.

Correct Answers:

  • Secondary infertility


Rationale :

👶Secondary infertility is defined as the inability to conceive after a previous successful pregnancy.

👶The distinction from primary infertility (no prior conception) guides workup and counseling pathways.

👶Common contributors include tubal damage (e.g., prior PID or surgery), endometriosis, ovulatory dysfunction, and male factor changes over time.

👶Evaluation typically involves ovulation assessment, semen analysis, and tubal/uterine imaging to pinpoint remediable causes.

👶Nursing priorities are education, emotional support, and timely referrals to reproductive specialists to optimize outcomes.


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7 :

Hint : 🔢 250 ÷ 125.

Correct Answers:

  • 2


Rationale :

✍️Ordered dose = 250 mg

✍️Tablet strength = 125 mg/tab

☑️Formula: Number of tablets = Ordered mg ÷ mg per tablet.

☑️250 mg/125 mg/tab

→2 tabs


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8 :

Hint : 🟠1 mg ↔ 0.5 mL.

Correct Answers:

  • 0.5


Rationale :

✍️Ordered dose = 1 mg

✍️Concentration = 1 mg/0.5 mL

➡️ Formula: mL needed = Ordered mg × (mL per mg).

➡️1 mg×0.5 mL/1mg

↦0.5 mL


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9 :

Hint : 🥚Cycle − 14 = ovulation.

Correct Answers:

  • 21


Rationale :

📅Ovulation typically occurs ~14 days before the next period, because the luteal phase is relatively constant at ~14 days.

📅With a 35-day cycle, apply the formula Cycle length − 14, yielding 35 − 14 = day 21 for ovulation.

📅The follicular phase (pre-ovulation) is the portion that varies, explaining why longer cycles shift ovulation later.

📅Knowing this helps target the fertile window (about 5 days before through 1 day after ovulation), with the peak near day 21.

📅Clients can corroborate timing with LH surge kits, cervical mucus changes, or basal body temperature rises for precision.


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10 :

Hint : ✋Palms/soles = stage II.

Correct Answers:

  • Syphilis stage II


Rationale :

🦠 A diffuse maculopapular rash that involves the palms and soles is classic for secondary syphilis.

🦠This stage occurs weeks to months after untreated infection and reflects systemic spread of Treponema pallidum.

🦠Associated findings can include mucous patches, condylomata lata, generalized lymphadenopathy, and flu-like symptoms.

🦠Prompt identification allows definitive therapy with benzathine penicillin G IM, which prevents progression to tertiary disease.

🦠Nursing actions include serologic testing (e.g., RPR/VDRL with treponemal confirmation), partner notification, and education on follow-up titers.


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