A client is ordered ampicillin 0.5 g po every 6 hours. On hand are ampicillin capsules labeled 250mg. How many capsules will the nurse administer for single dose?

Calculate the gravity rate for gentamycin 100 mg/100ml with secondary tubing (20gtts/mL) over 60 minutes.

A nurse on a postpartum unit is caring for a client.

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Nurses' Notes

2hr postpartum:

Client is 2 hr postpartum following vaginal delivery. Client alert and oriented. Lungs clear to auscultation bilaterally. S1 S2 auscultated, no murmur. Abdomen soft, nontender. Uterus firm and midline, 1 cm below the umbilicus. Moderate amount of lochia rubra present on perineal pad.

24 hr postpartum:

Client alert and oriented. Lungs clear to auscultation bilaterally. S1,S2 auscultated, no murmur. Abdomen soft, nontender. Uterus boggy and midline, 2 cm below the umbilicus. Moderate amount of lochia rubra present on perineal pad, foul odor present.

Vital signs:

1 hr postpartum:

Temperature 37.5° C (99.5° F)

Heart rate 88/min

Respiratory rate 16/min

Blood pressure 118/78 mm Hg

24 hr postpartum:

Temperature 38.3° C (100.9° F)

Heart rate 105/min

Respiratory rate 18/min

Blood pressure 115/78 mm Hg

When assessing a newborn shortly after birth, the nurse finds flat, irregular pinkish marks the forehead, the nape of the neck and the eyelids. The areas blanch when pressed with a finger. The nurse would document this finding as:

The nursing, intructor is explaining the cardinal movements of labor to the nursing students. The instructor explains that the initial descent of the fetus into the pelvis to zero station is which one of the cardinal movements of labor.

A client in the second stage of labor reports to a nurse that they are feeling pain and pressure in their pelvis and perinium. Which of the following should the nurse understand that this pain is caused by?

A nurse is planning care for a client in labor and delivery. Which of the following activities should the nurse plan to demonstrate working at the highest level of their license?

A nurse is assisting in the care of a newborn.

A nurse is reinforcing discharge education with the parents of a newborn. For each potential point, click to specify if the teaching is anticipated or contraindicated for the newborn.

The pregnant client term has in presented in the early phase of labor. She is experiencing abdominal pain and shows signs of growing anxiety about pain. What is the best pain management technique the nurse can suggest at this stage?

As a woman enters the second stage of labor, her membranes spontaneously rupture. What action should the nurse take?

A nurse is caring for a client in the second stage of labor who does not want any tools used to assist with the vaginal birth. Which of the following interventions should the nurse understand will help prevent an assisted vaginal birth? (Select All that Apply.)