Caring for a newborn in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), the RN states she recently completed a Finnegan score on a newborn. This tool measures which of the following?

Cervidil (dinoprostone) has been ordered for a pregnant woman at 42 weeks of gestation. The nurse recognizes that this medication will be administered to:

Which of the following needs to be considered when using the Health Belief Model (HBM)?

The nurse recognizes that a nonstress test (NST) in which two or more fetal heart rate (FHR) accelerations of 15 beats/min or more occur with fetal movement in a 20-minute period is:

Readiness for induction of labor is assessed by determining the:

The most common indication for a vacuum-assisted delivery is:

A nurse is developing goals for a community education program. Which of the following methods should be used?

A public health nurse in a large city is planning and developing strategies to disseminate information to residents about infant safe sleep practices. Which of the following best exhibits the nurse's understanding of effective health communication in the community?

Which client is displaying health literacy at the basic functional level?

On examining a woman who gave birth 5 hours ago, the nurse finds that the woman has completely saturated a perineal pad within 15 minutes. The nurse's first action is to:

The most prevalent clinical manifestation of abruptio placentae (as opposed to placenta previa) is: