Midterm Exam Lecture
Midterm Exam Lecture
Midterm Exam Lecture
COLLEGE OF NURSING
GENERAL INSTRUCTION:
Read each scenario carefully and accomplish the tasks given.
Encode your answer using size 8.5x13 inches, 1 inch margin top, bottom , 0.5 inch left
& right margin & font style Tahoma, font size 11.
All answers must be submitted until 12 Midnight of May 21, 2020
Send you answer in our google classroom account or through my messenger or email
account (louisevaliente@yahoo.com)
CASE ANALYSIS
Tasks:
1. Following the vaginal examination, what other assessments will you make at this time? (10
points)
2. During the vaginal examinations, you determine that the small triangular fontanel is toward the
mother’s back on the right side. What is the fetal position? Support your answer. (10 points)
3. The client’s husband asks you why labor has not progressed very much. How will you answer
him? (10 points)
4. What Nursing interventions will be most helpful to this client at this time? Give at least four. (10
points)
5. Should you notify her physician at this time? If so, what information will you give and what
medical interventions do you anticipate? (10 points)
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Case 2: Complicated Postpartal Stage (50 points)
The client is a 16-year old G1P1 who delivered her infant by CS at 37 weeks AOG following
prolonged rupture of membranes and failure to progress during labor. After 24
Tasks:
1. What factors increase the client’s risk for a postpartal infection? Explain your answer briefly. (10
points)
2. What on-going nursing assessments are necessary to identify an infection? Give all possible
assessment. (10 points)
3. What signs and symptoms are used to diagnose an infection? Explain briefly. (10 points)
4. What is the first step in treating an infection? Support your answer (10 points)
5. What nursing diagnoses are pertinent to a client with a postpartal infection? Give at least four.
(10 points)
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