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A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving intravenous magnesium sulfate for preeclampsia.
Which assessment finding would alert the nurse to suspect magnesium toxicity?

A nurse is caring for a client who is postpartum and finds the fundus boggy and displaced to the right.
Based on these findings, which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A nurse is caring for a newborn and assessing newborn reflexes.
To elicit the Moro (or startle) reflex, the nurse should take which of the following actions?

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?

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

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 nurse is caring for a client during the second trimester of pregnancy.After reviewing the client's blood work, the nurse notes the client is rubella non-immune.
When should the client be offered the rubella immunization?

A nurse is caring for a 28-year-old postpartum female client in the postpartum unit.

Medical History:

The client is on postpartum day 1. She is breastfeeding her newborn every 4 to 5 hours for 30 to 40 minutes each time. She reports some nipple discomfort during the feedings. The nurse assisted the client with positioning and latch and recommended the client awaken the newborn to feed every 3 hours during the day. The newborn voided twice and passed two meconium stools in the past 24 hours.

Vital Signs:

Blood Pressure: 120/80 mmHg

Pulse: 80 bpm

Respirations: 16/min

Temperature: 36.8°C (98.2°F)

Pulse Ox: 99%

Nurses Notes: On postpartum day 2, the client reports breastfeeding every 3 to 4 hours and experiencing nipple discomfort during some feedings. No physical findings of nipple trauma are noted, and the breasts are soft. The client denies feelings of fullness. The newborn voided twice and passed three meconium stools in the second 24 hours of life. Discharge teaching was provided to the client regarding breastfeeding.

Querry: Which of the following statements by the client indicates an understanding of the discharge teaching? Click to highlight the client statements that indicate an understanding of the discharge teaching.

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 caring for a client who is on the electronic fetal monitor and the nurse notices that the client is experiencing tachysystole.
Which of the following describes tachysystole?

A nurse in the labor and delivery unit is caring for a client who is undergoing external fetal monitoring. The nurse observes that the fetal heart rate begins to slow at the start of a contraction and the nadir is at the same time as the peak of the contraction. The FHR returns to the FHR baseline at the same time that the contraction ends. The nurse should document this finding as which of the following?