A nurse is providing care for a postpartum client.

The client’s medical history includes Gravida 1, Para 1, and a spontaneous vaginal birth. The nurse’s notes indicate that the client is at 39 weeks of gestation and is breastfeeding.

Which of the following statements made by the client would suggest that they have understood the discharge instructions?
Which of the following statements made by the client would suggest that they have understood the discharge instructions?

A nurse is caring for an adolescent client who has pelvic inflammatory disease due to a sexually transmitted infection and will require intravenous antibiotic therapy.

The client tells the nurse, “My parents think I’m a virgin.

I don’t think I can tell them I have this kind of infection.”. Which of the following responses should the nurse make?

A nurse is caring for a term macrosomic newborn whose mother has poorly controlled type 2 diabetes. The newborn has respiratory distress syndrome.
The nurse should be aware that the most likely cause of the respiratory distress is which of the following?

A nurse is caring for a newborn who is 4 hours old. Which condition poses the greatest risk to the newborn?

A nurse is caring for a newborn immediately after birth. Once a patent airway has been ensured, what should be the nurse’s priority action?

A nurse is providing care for a pregnant patient.

The patient’s medical history includes Gravida 4 Para 3, 32 weeks of gestation, and a BMI of 32. The patient has a history of two newborns weighing over 4.5 kg (10 lb) and a family history of type one diabetes mellitus (maternal). The fetal heart tones are 140/min via doppler.

Which of the following provider prescriptions should the nurse plan to implement? Select the three actions the nurse should plan to take.

A nurse in a provider’s office is caring for a client who is at 34 weeks of gestation and at risk for placental abruption. What is the most common risk factor for abruption?

A nurse is caring for a client with preeclampsia who is being treated with IV magnesium sulfate. The client’s respiratory rate is 10/min and deep-tendon reflexes are absent.
What action should the nurse take?

A nurse has received a mother and her baby in the postpartum unit. The baby is approximately 2 hours old.
Which of the following is NOT a symptom of transient tachypnea of the newborn?

A nurse is providing care for a patient who has recently given birth to her first child. The patient has a history of receiving a transfusion with Rh-negative blood.
The nurse expects hyperbilirubinemia due to Rh incompatibility.
What is the reason for hyperbilirubinemia occurring with Rh incompatibility?