A young adult woman who is HIV-positive is receiving anti-retroviral therapy (ART) and is having difficulty with adherence.
To promote adherence, which area would be most important for the nurse to assess?.

When teaching a class of pregnant women about the effects of substance use during pregnancy, the nurse would include which effect?.

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.

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

A nurse palpates a woman's fundus to determine contraction intensity.
What would be most appropriate for the nurse to use for palpation?.

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?.

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 woman in the 34th week of pregnancy says to the nurse, "I still feel like having intercourse with my husband.”. The woman's pregnancy has been uneventful.
The nurse responds based on the understanding that:.

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

While waiting for the placenta to deliver during the third stage of labor, the nurse must assess the new mother's vital signs every 15 minutes.
What sign would indicate impending shock?.

A nurse is providing care to a pregnant woman in labor.

The woman is in the first stage of labor.

When describing this stage to the client, which event would the nurse identify as the major change occurring during this stage?