A nurse is preparing to administer vitamin
K. Which of the following muscles should the nurse consider for the injection?

A nurse is caring for a client who is 5 hours postpartum following a vaginal birth of a newborn weighing 9 lb 6 oz. (4252 g). The nurse should recognize that this client is at risk for which postpartum complications?

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 midwife is examining a client who is a primigravida at 42 weeks of gestation and believes she is in labor.

 Which finding confirms to the nurse that the client is in labor? 

A nurse is completing discharge teaching to a client in her 35th week of pregnancy who has mild preeclampsia. Which of the following information about nutrition should be included in the teaching?

A nurse is providing nutritional guidance to a parent of a newborn.
Which statement by the parent indicates an understanding of the teaching?

A nurse on the labor and delivery unit is caring for a patient undergoing labor induction with oxytocin administered through a secondary IV line.

Uterine contractions occur every 2 minutes, last 90 seconds, and are strong to palpation.

The baseline fetal heart rate is 150/min, with uniform decelerations beginning at the peak of the contraction and a return to baseline after the contraction is over.

What action should the nurse take?

A nurse is caring for a client who is 2 days postpartum.
The client is a Gravida 4 Para 3 who had a forceps-assisted birth with epidural anesthesia at 40 weeks of gestation. She had a second degree mediolateral perineal laceration with repair, and the placenta was manually extracted.
The estimated blood loss was 600 mL. Complete the diagram by dragging from the choices below to specify what condition the client is experiencing, 2 actions the nurse should take to address that condition, and 2 parameters the nurse should monitor to assess the client’s progress.

A nurse in a prenatal clinic is teaching a client who is in her second trimester and has a new diagnosis of gestational diabetes.
Which of the following statements by the client indicates a need for further teaching?

What could be the primary reason for early decelerations in the fetal heart rate (FHR) pattern?

A nurse is caring for a client who is at 36 weeks of gestation and suspected of having placenta previa. Which of the following observations would support this diagnosis?