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:

Caring for a newborn in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), the RN states she recently completed a Finnegan score on a newborn. This tool measures which of the following?

You are counseling a client who was just diagnosed at 29 weeks gestational age of having gestational diabetes (GDM) after completing her 3 hour glucose tolerance test. Which statement regarding GDM by the client is false and indicates additional Counseling is required?

On examining a woman who gave birth 5 hours ago, the nurse finds that the woman has completely saturated a perineal pad within 15 minutes. The nurse's first action is to:

Readiness for induction of labor is assessed by determining the:

Fetal well-being during labor is assessed by:

Which of the following complications is not associated with cesarean births?

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:

The NICU nurse observes the parents of a newborn admitted two days ago for prematurity. The nurse knows infection prevention education has been effective when which observation is made:

During this phase of a disaster, evaluation of the disaster plan and cleanup of the area are hallmark activities.

An infant is in the NICU whose mother was addicted to opioids during pregnancy. The nurse knows that the most appropriate nursing intervention to help with the infant's hyperreflexia is: