The nurse is preparing discharge instructions for a stable patient with a placenta previa. Instructions should include all of the following except:

The nurse is assessing the knowledge of new parents with a child born with maple syrup urine disease (MSUD). This is an autosomal recessive inherited disorder, which means that:

The postpartum nurse identifies a newborn born to a mother positive for hepatitis B. The nurse reports the birth to the department of health for data collection. This is an example of:

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

The nursery nurse attends the delivery of a post-term infant. Upon initial assessment, the infant is lethargic, has coarse breath sounds and blood gases indicate acidosis. An X-ray shows a honeycomb appearance. These signs are consistent with which complication of the newborn?

A pregnant woman is being discharged from the hospital after the placement of a cervical cerclage because of a history of recurrent pregnancy loss, secondary to an incompetent cervix. Which information regarding postprocedural care should the nurse emphasize in the discharge teaching?

A woman in labor has just received an epidural black. The most important nursing intervention is to:

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

What is the highest priority nursing intervention when admitting a pregnant woman who has experienced a bleeding episode in late pregnancy?

Which nursing intervention should be immediately performed after the forceps-assisted birth of an infant?

The nurse is caring for a term gestation pregnant patient who came into the office for an external cephalic version. Which of the following interventions would not be appropriate for this patient?