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A nurse is assessing a client who is 2 hr postpartum and received spinal anesthesia for a cesarean birth.
Which of the following findings requires immediate intervention by the nurse?

A nurse in the newborn nursery is caring for a group of newborns.
Which of the following assessments requires the nurse to notify the provider?

A nurse is walking by a client's room and can hear the fetal heart rate dropping.
The nurse observes late decelerations on the monitor strip and interprets them as indicating which of the following?

A nurse in a provider's office is caring for a 32-year-old female client who is pregnant.

Medical History:

The client is a Gravida 3 Para 2, at 32 weeks of gestation. She has a known allergy to penicillin. She is 5 feet 4 inches (163 cm) tall and weighs 178 lb (80.7 kg), with a BMI of 30.6. The client reports a 6 lb weight gain over the last 2 weeks. She has had a headache for 5 days, blurred vision, and dizziness, which Tylenol does not relieve. The client reports swelling of her feet and fingers. She has 2+ pitting edema of the lower extremities noted bilaterally, and swelling of the fingers and hands is noted. Deep tendon reflexes are 3+, absent clonus. Fetal heart tones (FHT) are 148/min.

Vital Signs:

0800:

Temperature: 36.6°C (97.9°F)

Pulse rate: 88/min

Respiratory rate: 20/min

Blood Pressure: 179/99 mm Hg

0815:

Pulse rate: 82/min

Respiratory rate: 16/min

Blood Pressure: 168/104 mm Hg

0830:

Pulse rate: 81/min

Respiratory rate: 16/min

Blood Pressure: 170/101 mm Hg

Querry: Which of the following assessment findings should the nurse report to the provider? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse is admitting a client in labor who is HIV positive.
Which intervention is contraindicated for this client?

A nurse is assessing a client who is 4 hours postpartum following a vaginal delivery.
Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as the priority?

A nurse in the labor and delivery unit is caring for a 31-year-old pregnant female client who is at 31 weeks of gestation.

History and Physical: The client is a Gravida 4 Para 3. She reports cramping and low back pain that started last night.

Vital Signs:

0900:

• Temperature: 36.9°C (98.4°F)
• Pulse rate: 87/min
• Respiratory rate: 20/min
• Blood Pressure: 129/70 mm Hg
• Oxygen saturation: 98%

1000:

• Pulse rate: 86/min
• Respiratory rate: 18/min
• Blood Pressure: 130/76 mm Hg
• Oxygen saturation: 97%

Nurses Notes: At 0900, the client was placed on a fetal monitor, and the fetal heart tones (FHT) were recorded at 160/min. The client reported pain as a 6 on a 0 to 10 scale and requested pain medication. Vaginal examination showed 2 cm dilation, 80% effacement, and -1 station. At 1000, uterine contractions were observed every 2 to 4 minutes, lasting 60 to 80 seconds, with an FHT of 155/min. Provider was notified of the client's status and assessment, and new orders were received.

Medical History: The client has a history of three previous pregnancies (Gravida 4 Para 3).Querry: The nurse is contacting the primary health care provider regarding the client's status.

Which of the following interventions should the nurse anticipate? Select the 3 interventions the nurse should anticipate.

A nurse is assessing a client for postpartum infection.
Which of the following findings should indicate to the nurse that the client requires further evaluation for endometritis?

A client suspects she is pregnant. The nurse is discussing the probable signs of pregnancy with the client.
Which of the following findings should the nurse include?

A nurse is educating a client on breastfeeding positions.
Which of the following should the nurse discuss?

The nurse in an OB clinic is completing an intake assessment of a client at the first prenatal appointment. The client is currently 9 weeks pregnant. She had a miscarriage at 7 weeks and an ectopic pregnancy at 6 weeks that was treated with methotrexate. Her five-year-old son was born vaginally at 39 weeks and her three-year-old daughter was born vaginally at 35 weeks.
What is her GTPAL?