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A nurse in the antepartum unit is caring for a client who is at 36 weeks of gestation and has preeclampsia. Suddenly, the client reports continuous severe abdominal pain and vaginal bleeding. The nurse should suspect which of the following complications?

 

A nurse is caring for a postpartum client who arrives at the clinic for her follow-up appointment 4 weeks after delivery.
The client is asking about birth control options. What contraception option would you recommend as being the most reliable?

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 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 Labor and Delivery is caring for a client who just experienced SROM (spontaneous rupture of membranes) after her epidural. The client immediately states she is short of breath. The nurse lays the patient back and places oxygen on her when the client goes into complete cardiorespiratory failure.
The nurse should recognize that this client is experiencing which of the following obstetrical emergencies?

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

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?

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 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 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 client who is postpartum. The client tells the nurse that the newborn's maternal grandmother was born deaf and asks how to tell if her newborn hears well.
Which of the following statements should the nurse make?