PPH Quiz: Can You Stop the Bleeding?

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1. What is the first-line medication for managing uterine atony?

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Pph Quiz: Can You Stop The Bleeding? - Quiz

This quiz tests your understanding of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) recognition, management, and prevention. Designed for college-level nursing students, it covers risk factors, clinical signs, pharmacological interventions, and emergency response protocols. Master the critical knowledge needed to identify and manage this life-threatening complication in obstetric care.

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2. A postpartum client has heavy vaginal bleeding, a soft uterus, and a distended bladder. What is the priority intervention?

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3. What is the maximum safe dose of oxytocin for IM administration to prevent postpartum hemorrhage?

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4. Which maternal condition increases the risk of postpartum hemorrhage?

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5. Which intervention is appropriate for managing a uterine inversion?

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6. A client with postpartum hemorrhage becomes confused and restless. What stage of shock is she experiencing?

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7. Postpartum hemorrhage is classified as primary (early) if it occurs within how many hours after delivery?

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8. Which of the following is NOT a common cause of early postpartum hemorrhage?

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9. Which vital sign change is most consistent with early hypovolemic shock from postpartum hemorrhage?

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10. A client with postpartum hemorrhage receives a transfusion of O-negative blood. Why is this blood type used?

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11. A client with postpartum hemorrhage has a hemoglobin of 6.5 g/dL. What is the priority action?

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12. What is the normal blood loss during vaginal delivery?

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13. Which finding suggests retained placental fragments as a cause of postpartum hemorrhage?

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14. Uterine massage should be performed in which direction?

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15. Tranexamic acid reduces postpartum hemorrhage by ____.

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16. A client receives methylergonovine (Methergine). Which side effect requires immediate intervention?

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17. Hemoglobin and hematocrit should be rechecked after postpartum hemorrhage to assess ____.

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18. The nurse assesses fundal firmness by palpating the uterus. A boggy, soft fundus indicates ____.

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19. Secondary postpartum hemorrhage typically occurs and is often caused by ____.

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20. What is the normal postpartum lochia appearance on day 3?

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What is the first-line medication for managing uterine atony?
A postpartum client has heavy vaginal bleeding, a soft uterus, and a...
What is the maximum safe dose of oxytocin for IM administration to...
Which maternal condition increases the risk of postpartum hemorrhage?
Which intervention is appropriate for managing a uterine inversion?
A client with postpartum hemorrhage becomes confused and restless....
Postpartum hemorrhage is classified as primary (early) if it occurs...
Which of the following is NOT a common cause of early postpartum...
Which vital sign change is most consistent with early hypovolemic...
A client with postpartum hemorrhage receives a transfusion of...
A client with postpartum hemorrhage has a hemoglobin of 6.5 g/dL. What...
What is the normal blood loss during vaginal delivery?
Which finding suggests retained placental fragments as a cause of...
Uterine massage should be performed in which direction?
Tranexamic acid reduces postpartum hemorrhage by ____.
A client receives methylergonovine (Methergine). Which side effect...
Hemoglobin and hematocrit should be rechecked after postpartum...
The nurse assesses fundal firmness by palpating the uterus. A boggy,...
Secondary postpartum hemorrhage typically occurs and is often caused...
What is the normal postpartum lochia appearance on day 3?
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