A nurse is planning care for a patient who is 12 hours postpartum and has a third-degree perineal laceration. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in the plan?

A nurse is caring for a client in labor who is experiencing abruptio placentae. What findings should the nurse expect?

A nurse is caring for a client who has a placenta previa. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?

A nurse is caring for a newborn who was born at 39 weeks of gestation and is 36 hours old.
The newborn has a Coombs positive result and a glucose level of 50 mg/dL (40 to 60 mg/dL). What should the nurse anticipate?

A nurse is admitting a patient to the birthing unit who reports her contractions started 1 hour ago. The nurse determines the patient is 80% effaced and 8 cm dilated.The nurse realizes that the patient is at risk for which of the following conditions?

A nurse is assessing a client who is in labor and has received epidural analgesia.
What findings should the nurse recognize and document as an adverse effect of epidural analgesia?

A nurse is caring for a client who is in labor.
Which of the following findings should prompt the nurse to reassess the client?

A nurse is caring for a client who is in labor.The nurse observes late decelerations of the fetal heart rate on the external fetal monitor.
After placing the client in a side-lying position, which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A nurse is caring for a 36-hour-old male newborn who was born at 39 weeks of gestation in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The newborn has been breastfeeding 3 to 4 times per day and has voided once since birth but has not passed meconium stool since birth. The nurse notes that the newborn’s sclera appears yellow.

Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the provider? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse is caring for a client who is in labor.The nurse notes that the umbilical cord is protruding from the client’s vagina. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?

A nurse is caring for a 28-year-old female client who is at 12 weeks of gestation and has been admitted to the emergency department with excessive vomiting for the past 48 hours. The client has lost 2.3 kg (5 lb) over 2 days.

The nurse is assessing the client 24 hours later. How should the nurse interpret the findings 24 hours later? For each finding, click to specify whether the finding is unrelated to the diagnosis, a sign of potential improvement, or a sign of potential worsening.