A newly delivered mother who intends to breastfeed tells her nurse, "I am so relieved that this pregnancy is over so that I can start smoking again." The nurse encourages the client to refrain from smoking. However, this new mother is insistent that she will resume smoking. How will the nurse adapt her health teaching with this new information?

A new mother states that her infant must be cold because the baby’s hands and feet are blue. This common and temporary condition is called what?

Which documentation on a woman's chart on postpartum day 14 indicates a normal involution process?

A nurse is caring for a client who is 2 hr postpartum following a vaginal birth. Which of the following findings indicates the client's bladder is distended?

A nurse on a postpartum unit is giving discharge instructions to a client whose newborn had a circumcision with the Plastibell technique. Which of the following client statements indicates understanding of circumcision care?

What are the most common causes for subinvolution of the uterus?

A nurse is caring for a newborn immediately following birth. After assuring a patent airway, what is the priority nursing action?

A nurse is caring for a client who is 6 hours postpartum and asks the nurse to feed her newborn. Which of the following responses should the nurse provide?

A nurse is caring for a client who is postpartum who asks the nurse when her breast milk will "come in." Which of the following responses should the nurse make?

A nurse is caring for a client who is postpartum. The nurse should recognize which of the following statements by the client as an indication of inhibition of parental attachment?

You're assessing the one-minute APGAR score of a newborn baby. On assessment, you note the following about your newborn patient: weak cry, some flexion of the arm and legs, active movement and cries to stimulation, heart rate 145, and pallor all over the body and extremities. What is your patient's APGAR score?