A nurse is assessing a newborn immediately following a scheduled cesarean delivery.

Which of the following assessments is the nurse’s priority?

A nurse is providing discharge teaching to a client who is 3 days postoperative following a cesarean birth. Which of the following client statements indicates to the nurse that further teaching is needed??

A nurse is assisting with the care of a newborn immediately following birth. Which of the following medications should the nurse anticipate administering? (Select all that apply.)

While examining a newborn, the nurse notes uneven skinfolds on the buttocks and a clunk when performing the Ortolani maneuver. These findings are likely indicative of what?

A nurse in the nursery is caring for a newborn. The grandmother of the newborn asks if she can take the newborn to the mother's room. Which of the following is an appropriate response by the nurse?

A nurse is planning care for a client who is 2 hours postpartum following a cesarean birth. The client has a history of thromboembolic disease. Which of the following nursing interventions should be included in the plan of care?

A nurse is teaching about crib safety with the parent of a newborn. Which of the following statements by the client indicates understanding of the teaching?

A nurse is preparing to administer Ringer’s lactate by continuous IV infusion at 120 mL/hr. The drop factor of the manual IV tubing is 60 gtt/mL. The nurse should set the manual IV infusion to deliver how many gtt/min?
(Round the answer to the nearest whole number/tenth. Use a leading I zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.)

A nurse in the newborn nursery is caring for a group of newborns. Which of the following newborns requires immediate intervention?

A primiparous woman is in the taking-in stage of psychosocial recovery and adjustment after childbirth. Recognizing the needs of women during this stage, how should the nurse respond?

The nurse is caring for an infant who is small for her gestational age (SGA). Which intervention is of highest priority for this infant who is at risk for hypoglycemia?