Three hours post cesarean section, the physician orders Toradol 30 mg IM every 6 hours for pain.
Toradol is available in 60 mg/mL. How many mLs should be drawn up?

A patient is in preterm labor at 30 weeks gestation.

Her OB orders antenatal steroids.

The order is for the nurse to administer betamethasone IM and to repeat the dose after 2 hours.

Betamethasone is available as 4mg/mL in 10 mL vials.

How many mL will the nurse draw up in the syringe for each dose?

A nurse is caring for a patient who is about to undergo a biophysical profile. The patient asks the nurse what aspects are evaluated during this test.
Which of the following should the nurse include? (Select all that apply)

A nurse in a prenatal clinic is caring for a pregnant client who inquires about her estimated date of birth (EDB). If the client’s last menstrual period started on July 27, what would be the client’s EDB? (Provide the date in MMDD format.

For example, July 27 is 0727) .

As a nurse in an antepartum unit performing triage, which client should be prioritized?

A nurse in labor and delivery is caring for a client. Following the delivery of the placenta, the nurse examines the umbilical cord.
Which of the following vessels should the nurse expect to observe in the umbilical cord?

A nurse is caring for a term macrosomic newborn whose mother has poorly controlled type 2 diabetes.

The newborn has respiratory distress syndrome.

The nurse should be aware that the most likely cause of the respiratory distress is which of the following?

In the context of diabetes incidence and classification, which statement should maternity nurses be aware of?

A nurse is preparing to measure the fundal height of a client who is at 22 weeks of gestation.
At which location should the nurse expect to palpate the fundus?

A nurse is caring for a client who is in the second stage of labor. The nurse observes retraction of the fetal head against the maternal perineum as the head is birthed.
Which condition is the client most likely experiencing?

Which blood pressure (BP) finding during the second trimester indicates a risk for pregnancy-induced hypertension?