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

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

A woman gave birth 48 hours ago to a healthy infant girl. She has decided to bottle feed. During the assessment, the nurse notices that both breasts are swollen, warm, and tender on palpation. Which guidance should the nurse provide to the client at this time?

A nurse is caring for a client who is postpartum and finds the fundus slightly boggy and displaced to the right. Based on these findings, which of the following actions should the nurse take?

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 is caring for a client who is postpartum. The client tells the nurse that the newborn’s maternal grandmother was born deaf and asks how to tell if her newborn hears well. Which of the following statements should the nurse make?

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 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 the labor and delivery unit is caring for a newborn immediately following birth. Which of the following actions by the nurse reduces evaporative heat loss by the newborn?

A nursing student is helping the nursery nurses with morning vital signs. A baby born 10 hours ago by cesarean section is found to have moist lung sounds. What is the best interpretation of these data?

A nurse is assisting a client who is postpartum with her first breastfeeding experience.

When the client asks how much of the nipple she should put into the newborn's mouth, which of the following responses should the nurse make?

A mother and her newborn have just been transferred to the postpartum unit from labor and delivery. Which infant safety education would be provided as soon as mom and baby are settled into their room? Select all that apply. One, some, or all responses may be correct.