When assessing the fetus using Leopold maneuvers, the nurse feels a round, firm, movable fetal part in the pelvis inlet and a long, smooth, and soft surface in the mother's left side close to the midline. What is the likely position of the fetus?

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The nurse has received a report regarding her patient in labor. The woman's last vaginal examination was recorded as 2 cm, 80%, and +2. The nurse's interpretation of this assessment is that:

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A nurse is admitting a client who has a diagnosis of preterm labor. The nurse anticipal a prescription by the provider for which of the following medications? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse is caring for a client who is to undergo a biophysical profile. The client asks the nurse what is being evaluated during this test. Which of the following should the nurse does not include in the test?

A nurse is caring for a client in the second prenatal visit, the laboratory findings indicate a negative rubella titer. Which of the following is the correct interpretation of this data?

A nurse is completing a health history for a client who is at 6 weeks of gestation. BMI 17 also, the client informs the nurse that she smokes one pack of cigarettes per day. The nurse should advise the client that smoking places the client's newborn at risk for which one of the following complications?

A nurse on the labor and delivery unit is caring for a patient who is having induction of labor with oxytocin administered through a secondary IV line. Uterine contractions occur every 2 min, last 100 sec, and are strong to palpation. The baseline fetal heart rate is 150/min, with uniform decelerations beginning at the peak of the contraction and a return to baseline after the contraction is over. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

While evaluating an external monitor tracing of a woman in active labor, a nurse from another floor who is covering in labor and delivery unit, notes that the fetal heart rate (FHR) in each contraction begins to decelerate early in the contraction, with the nadir of the decelerations occurring at the same time of the contraction's peak. The nurse's first priority is to:

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The nurse caring for the laboring woman should understand that early decelerations are caused by:

The nurse providing care for the laboring woman recognizes that late fetal heart rate (FHR) decelerations are caused by:

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A nurse is caring for a client who is in the first stage of labor, undergoing external fetal monitoring, and receiving IV fluid. The nurse observes variable decelerations in the fetal heart rate on the monitor strip. Which of the following is a correct interpretation of this finding?