A man smokes two packs of cigarettes a day. He wants to know if smoking is contributing to the difficulty he and his wife are having getting pregnant. The nurse's most appropriate response is:

A man smokes two packs of cigarettes a day. He wants to know if smoking is contributing to the difficulty he and his wife are having getting pregnant. The nurse's most appropriate response is:

A 41-week pregnant multigravida presents in the labor and delivery unit after a nonstress test indicated that her fetus could be experiencing some difficulties in utero. Which diagnostic tool would yield more detailed information about the fetus?

The postpartum nurse identifies a newborn born to a mother positive for hepatitis B. The nurse reports the birth to the department of health for data collection. This is an example of:

The nurse is preparing discharge instructions for a stable patient with a placenta previa. Instructions should include all of the following except:

You are the Special Care Nursery nurse reviewing the chart of a 36-hour-old neonate who was born at 36 weeks. Do you understand which of the following would place the neonate at risk for physiologic jaundice?

The public health nurse wants to assess potential environmental health issues within a particular district. Which of the following would the nurse include in the assessment?

Which major neonatal complication is carefully monitored after the birth of the infant of a diabetic mother?

A woman in preterm labor at 30 weeks of gestation receives two 12 mg doses of betamethasone (Celestane) intramuscularly. The purpose of this pharmacologic treatment is to:

Which of the following methods would be best if the nurse wanted to study the complex relationships among factors that contribute to chronic disease?

Cervidil (dinoprostone) has been ordered for a pregnant woman at 42 weeks of gestation. The nurse recognizes that this medication will be administered to: