Practice Question
Following the delivery of a newborn, which nursing intervention should be carried out immediately?
Answer Choices:
Correct Answer:
warm the infant
Rationale:
🌡 Thermoregulation is the highest priority immediately after birth to prevent cold stress.
🌡 Newborns are prone to heat loss due to thin skin and large surface area.
🌡 Warming promotes stable blood glucose and oxygenation.
🌡 Weighing and bathing are important but not immediate priorities.
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This question is from RN ATI Maternal&Newborn Care 4a which contains 45 questions.
More Questions from This Exam
A nurse on the postpartum unit is planning to delegate client care to an assistive personnel (AP). Which of the following tasks should the nurse plan to delegate to the AP?
Answer Choices:
A. Check vital signs of a client who is being admitted with gestational hypertension.
B. Provide a sitz bath to a client who has a fourth-degree laceration and is 2 days postpartum.
C. Observe an area of redness on the breast of a client who is 1 day postpartum.
D. Assist with changing the perineal pad of a client following delivery.
Why would the nurse massage a "boggy' fundus?
Answer Choices:
A. to induce labor
B. to increase lochia
C. to stimulate it to become firm again
D. to increase milk production
Which of the following method is used by the nurse to prevent heat loss in the newborn resulting from evaporation?
Answer Choices:
A. Warm the crib pad
B. Drying the infant in a warm blanket
C. Closing the door to the room
D. Turning on the overhead radiant warmer
A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who is breastfeeding. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching?
Answer Choices:
A. "Reduce your intake of iron."
B. "Increase your caloric intake by 600 kcal per day:
C. "Increase your fluid intake to 2.5 L per day."
D. "Avoid shellfish."
Question Details
- Category: RN Nursing Exam(s)
- Subcategory: ATI Exam(s)
- Domain: RN ATI Maternal & Newborn Care
- Answer Choices: 4
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