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

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

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?

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 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 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 new mother asks the nurse what the "experts say" about the best way to feed her infant. Which recommendation of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) regarding infant nutrition should be shared with this client?

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?

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

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 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 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??