A client is in active labor.

Checking the EFM tracing, the nurse notes variables that are abnormal.

What would be the nurse's first nursing intervention?

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 nurse palpates a woman's fundus to determine contraction intensity.
What would be most appropriate for the nurse to use for palpation?.

A woman in labor who received an opioid for pain relief develops respiratory depression.
The nurse would expect which agent to be administered?.

A client is in active labor.

Checking the EFM tracing, the nurse notes variables that are abnormal.

What would be the nurse's first nursing intervention?

During a follow-up prenatal visit, a pregnant woman asks the nurse, "How long do you think I will be in labor?" Which response by the nurse would be most appropriate?.

The nurse is counseling a couple who suspect that they could bear a child with a genetic abnormality.
What would be most important for the nurse to do when working with this family?.

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?.

Assessment of a female client reveals a thick, white vaginal discharge.

The client also reports intense itching and dyspareunia.

Based on these findings, the nurse would suspect that the client has:.

The nurse is reviewing the medical record of a woman in labor and notes that the fetal position is documented as LSA.
The nurse interprets this information as indicating which part as the presenting part?.

After teaching a group of adolescent girls about female reproductive development, the nurse determines that teaching was successful when the girls state that menarche is defined as a woman's first:.