The nurse is obtaining an obstetrical history on a currently pregnant woman. The client has an 18-month-old daughter who was delivered 2 days after estimated due date and a 3-year-old son who was born at 35 weeks' gestation. Before her son was born, she lost two pregnancies: one at 10 weeks and the other at 22 weeks. Using the GTPAL method, how would the nurse record this history?

Calculate the gravity rate for gentamycin 100 mg/100ml with secondary tubing (20gtts/mL) over 60 minutes.

A nurse is assessing a client at their first prenatal appointment. The client reports that the first day of their last menstrual period was September 17. Which of the following accurately represents the client's estimated date of birth using Naegele's Rule?

The student nurse is preparing to assess the fetal heart rate (FHR). She has determined that the fetal back is located toward the client's left side, the small parts toward the right side, and there is a vertex (occiput) presentation. The student nurse should initially begin auscultation of the fetal heart rate in the mother's:

The nurse is aware that fibrinogen levels are increased in pregnancy. Which measure can be taken to prevent postpartum complications that result because of this increase? Have the client:

A nurse caring for a client who is in labor identifies a baseline fetal heart rate of 150/min with moderate variability and accelerations present. Occasional variable decelerations uterine contractions occur every 4 min, lasting 90 to 100 seconds. Which of the following documentation should the nurse use to represent this fetal heart rate pattern?

A nurse is assessing a newborn following a vaginal birth. Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as requiring follow-up? (Select All that Apply.)

A nurse on a postpartum caring for a client.

For each potential client finding, click to specify if the finding is expected or unexpected.

The nursing, intructor is explaining the cardinal movements of labor to the nursing students. The instructor explains that the initial descent of the fetus into the pelvis to zero station is which one of the cardinal movements of labor.

The nurse is obtaining an obstetrical history on a currently pregnant woman. The client has an 18-month-old daughter who was delivered 2 days after estimated due date and a 3-year-old son who was born at 35 weeks' gestation. Before her son was born, she lost two pregnancies: one at 10 weeks and the other at 22 weeks. Using the GTPAL method, how would the nurse record this history?

A nurse is working with a client who is 6 hour postpartum following a vaginal birth with first -degree laceration. Which of the following, actions is an example of the nurse providing a stepwise approach to manage the client's pain?