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?.

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:.

A client has just given birth to a healthy baby boy, but the placenta has not yet delivered.
What stage of labor does this scenario represent?.

Which action is a priority when caring for a woman during the fourth stage of labor?.

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 client is in active labor.

Checking the EFM tracing, the nurse notes variables that are abnormal.

What would be the nurse's first nursing intervention?

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

A woman's amniotic fluid is noted to be cloudy.
The nurse interprets this finding as:.

Which measure would the nurse include in the teaching plan for a woman to reduce the risk of osteoporosis after menopause?.

A nurse is assessing a woman in labor.
Which finding would the nurse identify as a cause for concern during a contraction?.

A client who is 4 months pregnant is at the prenatal clinic for her initial visit.

Her history reveals she has 7-year-old twins who were born at 34 weeks' gestation, a 2-year-old son born at 39 weeks' gestation, and a spontaneous abortion (miscarriage) 1 year ago at 6 weeks' gestation.

Using the GTPAL method, the nurse would document her obstetric history as:.