A client has just given birth to a healthy baby boy, but the placenta has not yet delivered.
What stage of labor does this scenario represent?.

The nurse encourages a female client with human papillomavirus (HPV) to receive continued follow-up care because she is at risk for:.

A nurse is assessing a woman in labor.
Which finding would the nurse identify as a cause for concern during a contraction?.

Upon entering the room of a client who has had a spontaneous abortion, the nurse observes the client crying.
Which response by the nurse would be most appropriate?.

Assessment of a woman in labor reveals that the fetus is in a cephalic presentation and engagement has occurred.
The nurse interprets this finding to indicate that the presenting part is at which station?.

The skull is the most important factor in relation to the labor and birth processes.

The fetal skull must be small enough to travel through the bony pelvis.

What feature of the fetal skull helps to make this passage possible?

If a fetus were not receiving enough oxygen during labor because of uteroplacental insufficiency, which pattern would the nurse anticipate seeing on the monitor?.

When preparing a woman for an amniocentesis, the nurse would instruct her to perform which action?.

When teaching a class of pregnant women about the effects of substance use during pregnancy, the nurse would include which effect?.

A pregnant woman with diabetes at 10 weeks' gestation has a glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) level of 13%. At this time the nurse should be most concerned about which possible fetal outcome?.

A nurse is conducting an in-service program for a group of nurses working in the labor and birth suite of the facility.
After teaching the group about the factors affecting the labor process, the nurse determines that the teaching was successful when the group identifies which component as part of the true pelvis? Select all that apply.