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A nurse is caring for a client in the fourth stage of labor after a vaginal delivery.

History and Physical:

BP: 144/92 mmHg.

Pulse: 99 bpm.
Respirations: 17/min.

Pulse Ox: 97%.

Temperature: 100.4 F (38.0 C).

Pain score: 1/10.

The nurse should first address the client's ____________ (assessment finding), followed by the client's ____________ (assessment finding).

A nurse is assessing a newborn who was born at 42 weeks of gestation.
Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?

A nurse on the labor and delivery unit is caring for a patient who is having induction of labor with oxytocin administered through a secondary IV line. Uterine contractions occur every 2 minutes, last 90 seconds each, and are strong to palpation. The baseline fetal heart rate is 150/min, with uniform decelerations beginning at the peak of the contraction, nadir after the peak of the contraction, and a return to baseline after the contraction is over.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

The nurse is caring for a client at 39 weeks gestation in active labor. The client had a spontaneous rupture of membranes 2 hours ago with clear amniotic fluid noted. The client was 7 cm at the time of SROM. The nurse assesses the fetal heart rate monitor and identifies a fetal heart baseline of 145 bpm, with moderate variability, accelerations absent and recurrent variable decelerations.
Which of the following interventions should the nurse take? Select all that apply.

A nurse is assessing a newborn immediately following a scheduled cesarean delivery.
Which of the following assessments is the nurse's priority?

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 client arrives at OB triage with complaints of decreased fetal movement for the past 24 hours.
The client states, "I see the high-risk clinic because I have chronic hypertension and gestational diabetes.”. The nurse applies the external fetal monitors and identifies a fetal heart rate baseline of 120 bpm, absent variability, no accelerations, and recurrent late decelerations.

What fetal heart rate category would the nurse communicate to the provider?

A nurse is caring for a client who was admitted in preterm labor at 33 weeks gestation.
The provider has ordered betamethasone 12 mg IM every 24 hours.

A nurse is caring for a 28-year-old female client in the fourth stage of labor after a vaginal delivery in the labor and delivery unit.
 

History and Physical: The client is a Gravida 3 Para 2 (T2P0A0L2) with chronic hypertension. She was admitted for medical induction of labor due to gestational diabetes with a Bishop score of 9 on admission. The plan was to induce labor with oxytocin.

Vital Signs:

1130:

• Blood Pressure: 144/92 mmHg
• Pulse: 99 bpm
• Respirations: 17/min
• Temperature: 100.4°F (38.0°C)
• Pulse Ox: 97%

Nurses Notes: At 1040, the client underwent a vacuum-assisted vaginal delivery of a viable female infant weighing 4215 grams. The placenta was manually extracted at 1035, appearing intact. At 1130, the fundus was boggy, midline, and at the umbilicus. Lochia rubra was heavy with small clots noted. The IV was patent and currently infusing ordered oxytocin.

Diagnostic Tests:

• Hemoglobin: 11g/dL (9.5-11 g/dL)
• Hematocrit: 33% (28-33%)
• White Blood Cell Count: 12,000/mm³ (5,600-17,000/mm³)
• Platelets: 151,000/mm³ (140,000-400,000/mm³)
• Protein Creatinine Ratio: 0.01 (less than 0.3)
• HbA1c: 8.9% (less than 5.7%)

Querry: Which of the following assessment findings require follow-up? Select All That Apply.

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

A nurse is caring for a client who has a suspected ectopic pregnancy at 8 weeks of gestation.
Which of the following manifestations should the nurse expect to identify as consistent with the diagnosis?