RN Exam Practice
Physiological AdaptationQuestion 1357 of 2368

After a vaginal birth, a client has heavy bleeding and pelvic pain, and the nurse cannot palpate a fundus on the abdomen. Which complication does the nurse suspect?

  1. Uterine atony
  2. Retained placental fragments
  3. Uterine inversion
  4. Shoulder dystocia
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Correct answer: Uterine inversion

Hemorrhage, pelvic pain, and an absent fundus on palpation are signs of uterine inversion, a life-threatening emergency.

Source: Nursing Health Promotion (Open RN, Chippewa Valley Technical College, 2025), High-risk Perinatal Client Care: Inversion of the Uterus. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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Questions last reviewed: 18 October 2026