Author Question: The nurse caring for a family during a loss may notice that survival guilt sometimes is felt at the ... (Read 59 times)

LaDunn · **on:** Jun 28, 2018

The nurse caring for a family during a loss may notice that survival guilt sometimes is felt at the death of an infant by the child's:

a. Siblings. c. Father.
b. Mother. d. Grandparents.

Question 2

A woman delivered a 9-lb, 10-oz baby 1 hour ago. When you arrive to perform her 15-minute assessment, she tells you that she feels all wet underneath.

You discover that both pads are completely saturated and that she is lying in a 6-inch-diameter puddle of blood. What is your first action?
a. Call for help. c. Take her blood pressure.
b. Assess the fundus for firmness. d. Check the perineum for lacerations.

fffftttt · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 28, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
Survival guilt sometimes is felt by grandparents because they believe that the death upsets the natural order of things. They are angry that they are alive and their grandchild is not.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Firmness of the uterus is necessary to control bleeding from the placental site. The nurse should first assess for firmness and massage the fundus as indicated. Assessing blood pressure is an important assessment with a bleeding patient; however, the top priority is to control the bleeding. If bleeding continues in the presence of a firm fundus, lacerations may be the cause.