The nurse is observing the fetal monitoring tracing pictured below. What type of deceleration will the nurse document?

The nurse is assisting a pregnant patient into bed after the patient reports a gush of fluid from the vagina. Which action will the nurse take first?

The nurse is completing a fundal assessment for her postpartum clients today. What will the nurse determine when assessing the fundus?

The nurse is caring for a client during a vaginal exam by the provider. The provider informs the client that he will use the most common mechanical method to ripen her cervix prior to induction of labor. What is the method being used by the provider?

The nurse is caring for a laboring client with early decelerations and a fetal heart rate baseline of 130 with moderate variability. What will the nurse do for this client?

A nurse is providing care for a client experiencing postpartum hemorrhage. Which medications may be prescribed by the provider? Select all that apply.

IV calculations: (rate-mL/h and gtt/min)

• IV rate calculations will be rounded to nearest whole number.

Adult calculations: the calculation will be rounded to the nearest tenth. Drug Calculation safety considerations:

• Examples:
  • 5 must be answered as 0.5
  • 5.0 must be answered as 5
• To promote safety, a zero must be placed to the left of the decimal point in answers that are less than one. No zero is allowed to the right of the decimal point in answers that are whole numbers.
• Labeling is not necessary

Available: see drug label above Ordered promethazine 12.5mg IM

How many mL of promethazine will the nurse administer?

The nurse assesses the postpartum client's fundal height and tone in the first 24 hours. Which action will the nurse take to correctly assess the uterine fundus?

The nurse is caring for a client on the postpartum unit who had a vaginal delivery with epidural anesthesia 2 hours ago. 1. The client presses the call light and tells the nurse she needs to use the bathroom 2. The nurse arrives in the client's room 5 minutes later 3.

The client is getting out of bed alone What is the best response by the nurse?

The nurse is caring for a client in labor. Assessment findings: The fetal heart rate (FHR) baseline is 120 bpm The FHR begins slowing as the contraction starts, and is back to baseline at the end of the contraction There is moderate variability of the FHR Which periodic change will the nurse document in the electronic health record?

The nurse takes a phone call from a client at two weeks postpartum. The client states, "My left breast hurts." What other question will the nurse ask her to determine if it is mastitis?