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A nurse is preparing to administer betamethasone 12mg IM to a client at 32 weeks gestation at risk for preterm delivery.
Betamethasone is available as 6mg/ml. How many ml will the nurse prepare for injection? (Use a leading zero, if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero)

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?

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 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 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 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?

A client is concerned about needing a blood transfusion after delivery due to the blood loss in delivery. The nurse explains that blood volume increases during pregnancy. Which of the following is the correct percentage of increased blood volume during pregnancy that the nurse should explain to the client?

A nurse is caring for a newborn client. The assessment findings include a high-pitched cry, increased muscle tone, frequent yawning, poor feeding with projectile vomiting, and tachypnea.
What condition does the nurse suspect?

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

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

The nurse working in a clinic often screens her patients for postpartum depression (PPD). Identify the differences between postpartum depression and postpartum blues.