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Maternal Newborn Nursing Certification Practice Test - Question List

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6. A nurse is educating a new mother about infant care. The mother asks when her healthy baby should be seen for a checkup. The nurse informs the mother that the schedule of well-baby visits is done:
  1. Every month until the 12th month
  2. At 1, 2 and 6 months
  3. At 1, 2, 4, 6, and 9 months
  4. At 1, 2, 6,, and 12 months
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7. A 25-year-old mother with a 6-month-old baby asks the nurse if her son should receive the hepatitis A vaccine. What is the best response of the nurse?
  1. “No. The hepatitis A vaccine is given to those who are sexually active.”
  2. “No. hepatitis A is given to those who work with contaminated blood specimens.”
  3. “Yes. Children who are 6 months of age must receive the vaccine.”
  4. “No. The hepatitis A vaccine is recommended between ages 12 months and 24 months.”
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8. A nurse is teaching a mother with a new baby about car seats. Which of the following, if stated by the client, indicates that further teaching is needed?
  1. “Infant-only car seats are the most recommended type of car seats for infants.”
  2. “My child has to be in a car seat until she reaches 40 to 60 pounds.”
  3. “My child has to be placed in a car seat that is facing the rear in the back seat until she is about 20 lbs.”
  4. “My child has to be placed in a car seat until her sixth birthday”
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9. A mother asks the nurse how she can perform a breast self-examination if she’s breastfeeding her baby. The nurse’s best response is which of the following?
  1. “Set an appointment with your physician to examine your breasts.”
  2. “The BSE for non-nursing and nursing mothers are exactly the same.”
  3. “You can examine each breast after the baby has emptied your breast.”
  4. “You can start checking your breasts once your menstrual period returns.”
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10. A nurse is assessing a 6-month-old infant during a routine well-baby checkup. Observing which of the following symptoms should alert the nurse to refer the child for further evaluation?
  1. Infant speaks single consonants
  2. Present Moro’s embrace reflex
  3. Infant rolls from front to back and back to front
  4. Absent tonic neck reflex
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