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?.

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

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?.

A nurse is providing care to a client in labor.

A pelvic exam reveals a vertex presentation with the presenting part tilted toward the left side of the mother's pelvis and directed toward the anterior portion of the pelvis.

When developing this client's plan of care, which intervention would the nurse include?

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?.

Your patient is receiving Heparin via a continuous IV infusion at a rate of 1600 units per hour.

The bag is labeled N/S 500 mLs and contains Heparin 40,000 units.

What rate should the IV pump be set at to deliver this ordered amount of Heparin? mLs/hr.

A client who is 4 months pregnant is at the prenatal clinic for her initial visit.

Her history reveals she has 7-year-old twins who were born at 34 weeks' gestation, a 2-year-old son born at 39 weeks' gestation, and a spontaneous abortion (miscarriage) 1 year ago at 6 weeks' gestation.

Using the GTPAL method, the nurse would document her obstetric history as:.

A nurse is preparing a presentation for a group of pregnant women about the labor experience.
Which factors would the nurse include when discussing measures to promote coping for a positive labor experience? Select all that apply.

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 woman in the 34th week of pregnancy says to the nurse, "I still feel like having intercourse with my husband.”. The woman's pregnancy has been uneventful.
The nurse responds based on the understanding that:.

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