A nurse is assisting with monitoring a client who is admitted for preterm labor and is receiving magnesium sulfate. The client's respiratory rate is 8/min. Which of the following should the nurse administer?

A nurse is caring for a client who is at 28 weeks of gestation and has received terbutaline. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?

What stage of labor begins with full 10cm dilation of the cervix to the birth of the baby?

The nurse is preparing to assist the nurse midwife with an amnioinfusion. The patient asks, "Why do I need this?" The best response by the nurse is:

A nurse is reading a Fetal monitor strip and notes accelerations. What interventions would the nurse anticipate to do next?

A nurse is discussing intermittent fetal heart monitoring with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the following statements should the nurse include?

A patient in the latent phase of labor begins to experience nausea, feelings of helplessness and has become very irritable. The nurse suspects that the patient is now in the

A nurse is assisting in the care of a client who is in the second stage of labor. Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the provider?

A nurse is assisting a nurse midwife in examining a client who is a primigravida at 42 weeks of gestation and states that she thinks she is in labor. Which of the following findings confirm that the client is in labor?

A major responsibility of the nurse caring for a patient receiving oxytocin for labor induction is to

A nurse is assisting with the care of a client who had an epidural anesthesia block during the early stages of labor. The client's blood pressure is 80/40 mm Hg and the fetal heart recording is 140/min. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?