The nurse instructs a class of postpartum women on methods to avoid nipple soreness while breastfeeding.
Which comment by a class participant indicates the need for further instruction?

A patient who is attending a family planning clinic is instructed in breast self-examination by a nurse.
Which statement by the patient would indicate that she understands the instructions?

he nurse instructs a woman who is attending the infertility clinic about strategies designed to facilitate conception.
Which statement by the patient would indicate that she understands the instructions?

A patient who is 38 weeks pregnant is admitted to the hospital in active labor.
On admission, the patient says, “For the past ten hours, I have been leaking small amounts of urine.” Which action should the nurse take initially?

On her second postpartum day, the mother of a newborn says, “The doctor says the baby has physiologic jaundice.
Even though it is supposed to be normal, I don’t understand why it occurs.” Which fact regarding physiologic jaundice should form the basis of the nurse’s response?

A patient’s labor is induced using an intravenous infusion of 1,000 mL Ringer’s lactate with 10 units of oxytocin.
Two hours later, the nurse notes a pattern of late fetal heart rate decelerations detected on the fetal monitor.Which action is essential for the nurse to take first?

The nurse prepares to counsel a 14-year-old patient who is 16 weeks pregnant regarding nutrition.
Which action would be appropriate for the nurse to take first?

A nurse is caring for a primigravida whose cervix is 2 cm dilated, 75% effaced, and the fetal presenting part is at +2 station.
The patient says to the nurse, “I want an epidural now.Why won’t someone give me an epidural?” Which response is most appropriate for the nurse to make?

On her first visit, a patient had a baseline hemoglobin of 13.0 gm and a hematocrit of 42.9%.She has been taking ferrous sulfate tablets and eating an iron-rich diet.She returned to the clinic at 30 weeks gestation and has a hemoglobin of 11.0 gm and a hematocrit of 36.3%.She is concerned and confused about why these lab values have gone down.
In responding, which physiological change during pregnancy should the nurse describe to the patient?

A patient who is 38 weeks pregnant and has tested positive for a chlamydial infection asks the nurse to discuss the baby's risk of becoming infected.Which information should the nurse include in discussion with the patient?

In planning the postpartum care of a multipara who had a normal pregnancy, labor, and delivery, which factor should be considered? The client needs to have: