The nurse caring for the laboring woman should understand that early decelerations are caused by:

Preconception counseling is critical to the outcome of diabetic pregnancies because poor glycemic control before and during early pregnancy increase the incidence of
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During her gynecologic checkup, a 30-year-old client states that recently she has been experiencing abdominal cramping and pain 3-4 days before and during her menstrual periods. The patient also complains of nausea, vomiting, headache, and irritability. The nurse would document these complaints as:

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A woman's obstetric history indicates that she is pregnant for the fourth time and all of her children from previous pregnancies are living. One was born at 39 weeks of gestation, another child was born at 40 weeks of gestation, and the last child was born at 36.2 weeks of gestation. What is her gravidity and parity using the GTPAL system?

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A nurse in a community clinic is counseling a client who received a positive test result for chlamydia. Which of the following statements should the nurse provide?

Because of the effect of cyclic ovarian changes on the breast, the best time for breast self-examination (BSE) is:

The nurse providing care for the laboring woman recognizes that late fetal heart rate (FHR) decelerations are caused by:

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A nurse is caring for a client who is in the first stage of labor, undergoing external fetal monitoring, and receiving IV fluid. The nurse observes variable decelerations in the fetal heart rate on the monitor strip. Which of the following is a correct interpretation of this finding?

While evaluating an external monitor tracing of a woman in active labor, the nurse notes that the fetal heart rate (FHR) for five sequential contractions begins to decelerate during the contraction's peak, with the nadir of the decelerations occurring when the contraction end. The nurse's first priority is to:
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The nurse is providing sexual education to a group of high school students. What will the nurse explain is the most effective choice of birth control for preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases?
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A nurse is caring for a client who is having a nonstress test performed. The fetal heart rate (FHR) baseline is around 130 beats/min, with four accelerations in 20 minutes, lasting 20 seconds each and the FHR increased more than 25 bpm. Which of the following actions should the nurse perform?