When developing a teaching plan for a couple who are considering contraception options, the nurse would include which statement?.

While waiting for the placenta to deliver during the third stage of labor, the nurse must assess the new mother's vital signs every 15 minutes.
What sign would indicate impending shock?.

The nurse is counseling a couple who suspect that they could bear a child with a genetic abnormality.
What would be most important for the nurse to do when working with this family?.

A nurse is providing care to a client in labor.

A pelvic exam reveals a vertex presentation with the presenting part tilted toward the left side of the mother's pelvis and directed toward the anterior portion of the pelvis.

When developing this client's plan of care, which intervention would the nurse include?

Which action is a priority when caring for a woman during the fourth stage of labor?.

A nurse is assessing a woman in labor.
Which finding would the nurse identify as a cause for concern during a contraction?.

The skull is the most important factor in relation to the labor and birth processes.

The fetal skull must be small enough to travel through the bony pelvis.

What feature of the fetal skull helps to make this passage possible?

Assessment of a female client reveals a thick, white vaginal discharge.

The client also reports intense itching and dyspareunia.

Based on these findings, the nurse would suspect that the client has:

After describing continuous internal electronic fetal monitoring to a laboring woman and her partner, which statement by the woman would indicate the need for additional teaching?.

After teaching a group of adolescents about HIV, the nurse asks them to identify the primary means by which adolescents are exposed to the virus.
The nurse determines that the teaching was successful when the group identifies which means of exposure?.

A woman in labor who received an opioid for pain relief develops respiratory depression.
The nurse would expect which agent to be administered?.