A pregnant woman with diabetes at 10 weeks' gestation has a glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) level of 13%. At this time the nurse should be most concerned about which possible fetal outcome?.

A nurse strongly encourages a pregnant client to avoid eating swordfish and tilefish because these fish contain which component?.

Touch and massage can be helpful during labor.
Which touch and massage methods are used in labor? Select all that apply.

Your patient is ordered to receive 20 units Pitocin in D5%W 500 mLs at 12 milliunits/minute.

What flow rate will you set the IV pump to deliver? Numeric values only.

The nurse encourages a female client with human papillomavirus (HPV) to receive continued follow-up care because she is at risk for:.

The pharmacy sends a bag of 150 mLs of D5W/0.456 normal saline with 25 units of Regular Insulin.

The patient is ordered to receive an insulin drip at a rate of 9 units/hour.

What rate will you set the IV pump to deliver? Numeric values only.

In a client's seventh month of pregnancy, she reports feeling "dizzy, like I'm going to pass out when I lie down flat on my back.”. The nurse explains that this is due to:.

Assessment of a female client reveals a thick, white vaginal discharge.

The client also reports intense itching and dyspareunia.

Based on these findings, the nurse would suspect that the client has:

A school nurse who is teaching a health course at the local high school is presenting information on human development and sexuality.
When talking about the role of hormones in sexual development, which hormone does the nurse teach the class is the most important for developing and maintaining the female reproductive organs?.

A nurse is caring for several women in labor.
The nurse determines that which woman is in the latent phase of labor?.

After describing continuous internal electronic fetal monitoring to a laboring woman and her partner, which statement by the woman would indicate the need for additional teaching?.