After teaching a group of adolescents about HIV, the nurse asks them to identify the primary means by which adolescents are exposed to the virus.
The nurse determines that the teaching was successful when the group identifies which means of exposure?.

A client states "I think my water broke! I felt this gush of fluid between my legs.”. The nurse tests the fluid with nitrazine paper and confirms membrane rupture if the swab turns:.

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

When teaching a group of postmenopausal women about hot flashes and night sweats, the nurse would address which primary cause?.

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?

When assessing a woman at follow-up prenatal visits, the nurse would anticipate which procedure to be performed?.

The skull is the most important factor in relation to the labor and birth processes.

The fetal skull must be small enough to travel through the bony pelvis.

What feature of the fetal skull helps to make this passage possible?

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?.

When preparing a woman for an amniocentesis, the nurse would instruct her to perform which action?.

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

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