A nurse is preparing to perform a heel stick on a newborn who has a prescription for a total serum bilirubin. What actions should the nurse take?
ATI RN Maternal Newborn 2026 Proctored Exam
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ATI RN Maternal Newborn 2026 Proctored Exam is a nursing-school practice exam with 74 questions. It is written for nursing students preparing for this course exam and for NCLEX-style review. Every question has its own page showing the full stem, all answer options, the correct answer, and a written rationale explaining why each option is right or wrong.
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A nurse is caring for a client who is taking an oral contraceptive. What findings should the client report to the provider immediately?
A nurse is assessing a client who is in labor and has received epidural analgesia. What findings should the nurse recognize and document as an adverse effect of epidural analgesia?
A nurse in a provider’s office is caring for a 20-year-old client who is at 12 weeks of gestation and requests an amniocentesis to determine the sex of the fetus. What responses should the nurse make?
A nurse manager on the labor and delivery unit is teaching a group of newly licensed nurses about maternal cytomegalovirus. What information should the nurse manager include in the teaching?
A nurse is providing teaching about increasing dietary fiber to an antepartum client who reports constipation. Which food selection has the highest fiber content per cup?
A nurse is providing discharge instructions to a client who is breastfeeding her newborn. What instructions should the nurse include?
A nurse is providing prenatal teaching to a client who practices a vegan diet and is trying to increase intake of vitamin B12. Which foods should the nurse recommend?
A nurse is assisting the provider to administer a dinoprostone insert to induce labor for a client. What actions should the nurse take?
A nurse is performing an initial assessment of a newborn who was delivered with a nuchal cord. What clinical findings should the nurse expect?
A nurse is assessing a full-term newborn upon admission to the nursery. What clinical findings should the nurse report to the provider?
A nurse is admitting a patient to the birthing unit who reports her contractions started 1 hour ago. The nurse determines the patient is 80% effaced and 8 cm dilated.The nurse realizes that the patien
A nurse is assessing a patient who is 6 hours postpartum and has endometritis. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?
A nurse on the postpartum unit is caring for four patients. For which of the following patients should the nurse notify the provider?
A nurse is planning care for a patient who is 12 hours postpartum and has a third-degree perineal laceration. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in the plan?
A nurse in a clinic is caring for an adolescent patient who requests a prescription for birth control. Which of the following Questions should the nurse ask?
A nurse is planning care immediately following birth for a newborn who has a myelomeningocele that is leaking cerebrospinal fluid. Which of the following actions should the nurse include in the plan o
A nurse is assessing a newborn who is 2 hours old. Which of the following findings is an indication of hypoglycemia? (Select all that apply)
A nurse is caring for a client who is in labor.The nurse notes that the umbilical cord is protruding from the client’s vagina. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?
A nurse is reviewing the history of a client who is pregnant. Which of the following clinical data indicates the client is at risk for preterm delivery?
A nurse is assessing the results of a nonstress test for an antepartal client at 35 weeks of gestation. Which of the following findings should indicate to the nurse the need for further diagnostic tes
A nurse is caring for a client who is at 28 weeks of gestation and received no immunizations during childhood. Which of the following vaccines should the nurse plan to administer?
A nurse on a labor and delivery unit is providing teaching to a client who plans to use hypnosis to control labor pain. Which of the following information should the nurse include?
A nurse is providing teaching to a new parent about findings that require notification of the newborn’s provider. Which of the following newborn clinical manifestations should the nurse include in the
A nurse is caring for a client who has preeclampsia. Which of the following actions is the nurse’s priority when implementing seizure precautions?