Practice Question
Which of the following method is used by the nurse to prevent heat loss in the newborn resulting from evaporation?
Answer Choices:
Correct Answer:
Drying the infant in a warm blanket
Rationale:
🧣 Evaporation occurs when amniotic fluid evaporates from the skin, causing heat loss.
🧣 Drying the infant immediately after birth helps retain body heat and prevents cold stress.
🧣 Warming the crib or closing doors prevent conduction and convection, not evaporation.
🧣 The radiant warmer helps maintain temp but doesn’t stop evaporation directly.
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This question is from RN ATI Maternal&Newborn Care 4a which contains 45 questions.
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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
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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."
Following the delivery of a newborn, which nursing intervention should be carried out immediately?
Answer Choices:
A. weigh the infant
B. warm the infant
C. inoculate the infant
D. bathe the infant
Question Details
- Category: RN Nursing Exam(s)
- Subcategory: ATI Exam(s)
- Domain: RN ATI Maternal & Newborn Care
- Answer Choices: 4
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