1. The nurse monitors his or her postpartum clients carefully because which of the following physiological changes occurs during the early postpartum period?

2. A breastfeeding woman has been diagnosed with retained placental fragments 4 days postdelivery. Which of the following breastfeeding complications would the nurse expect to see?

3. Two hours after the normal spontaneous vaginal delivery of a woman who is gravida 4 para 4, the nurse notes that the fundus is boggy and displaced slightly above and to the left of the umbilicus. The appropriate INITIAL nursing action is to?

4. The nurse informs a graduate nurse on a postpartum unit that the human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) would no longer be detected in the client’s blood at?

5. A nurse is performing a postpartum assessment on a newly delivered client. Which of the following actions will the nurse perform? Select all that apply.

6. A postpartum Hispanic client refuses the hospital food because it is “cold.” The BEST initial action by the nurse is to?

7. To prevent infection, the nurse teaches the postpartum client to perform which of the following tasks?

8. The nurse is caring for a client postoperatively following a cesarean section. It is a priority for the nurse to monitor the client for

9. Which symptom would the nurse expect to observe in a postpartum client with a vaginal hematoma?

10. The nurse is caring for a client who had a cesarean section under spinal anesthesia less than 2 hours ago. Which of the following nursing actions is appropriate at this time?

11. During the 24-hour postpartum assessment, the nurse anticipates the uterine fundus to be in which of the following positions?

12. With which conditions is a risk of postpartum hemorrhage associated? Select all that apply.

13. A postpartum nurse is caring for a client suspecting of having endometritis. What are the risk factors for developing endometritis? Select all that apply.