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You admitted a client who experienced a precipitous labor.
What is the highest concern for maternal complication related to this type of labor?

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?

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?

Which of the following statements about Group B Streptococcus (GBS) in pregnancy is true?

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 a prenatal clinic is caring for a client who is pregnant and asks the nurse for her estimated date of birth (EDB). The client's last menstrual period began on October 17. What is the client's EDB? (State the date in MMDD.
For example, October 17 is 1017)

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 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 is providing care to a woman who is at 36 weeks of gestation and in preterm labor with ruptured membranes.
The nurse determines that the client's oral temperature is 39.0 C (102.2 F). Besides notifying the provider, which of the following is an appropriate nursing action?

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

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)