2025-07-09 NCLEX Exam Question: The nurse is teaching a woman at 38 weeks gestation about the contraction stress test.
The nurse will discuss which of the following with the woman?
Select an Answer: flat position for the test vibroacoustic stimulators will be used nipple stimulation maintain nothing by mouth (NPO) status for 8 hours
Rationale:
The contraction stress test involves nipple stimulation, a semi-fowler's position, and the patient does not need to be NPO status.
Vibroacoustic stimulators are used during a non-stress test to cause the fetus to move.
2025-07-08 NCLEX Exam Question: The nurse instructs a woman at 18 weeks gestation, after an amniocentesis test, to call the health care provider if which of the following symptoms occurs?
Select an Answer: fatigue discomfort at the insertion site headache uterus cramps
Rationale:
A complication of amniocentesis is preterm labor. Uterine cramps may indicate preterm labor.
Discomfort at the site is common after an amniocentesis.
The procedure does not cause fatigue or headache.
2025-07-07 NCLEX Exam Question: The nurse is interpreting the results of a nipple-stimulated contraction stress test. The results were obtained over a 10-minute period and includes 2 contractions, and a fetal heart rate of 130 with no deceleration.
The nurse will interpret this as ________.
Select an Answer: negative positive reactive nonreactive
Rationale:
A negative contraction stress test has less than 3 contractions in a 10-minute period and no decelerations.
A positive result is more than 3 contractions in a 10-minute period with decelerations.
Reactive and nonreactive results are used for non-stress tests.
2025-07-06 NCLEX Exam Question: The nurse is aware that Goodell's sign is which of the following descriptions?
Select an Answer: bluish color of the cervix placenta insufficiency softening of the vagina and cervix softening of the lower uterine segment
Rationale:
Goodell's sign is softening of the cervix and vagina.
Chadwick's sign is a bluish discoloration of the cervix.
Hegar's sign is a softening of the lower uterine segment.
Placenta insufficiency may occur from post-dates, oligohydramnios, and placenta issues.
2025-07-05 NCLEX Exam Question: The nurse is aware that expected weight gain for a pregnant woman with a normal body mass index (BMI) is which of the following weights?
