Which hormone remains elevated in the immediate postpartum period of the breastfeeding women?

A nurse is reinforcing teaching about newborn care with a postpartum client. Which of the following statements by the client indicates a need for further teaching?

A nurse is providing teaching about newborn care to a client who is 2 hr postpartum. Which of the following statements by the client indicates a need for further teaching?

A new mother asks the nurse what the "experts say" about the best way to feed her infant. Which recommendation of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) regarding infant nutrition should be shared with this client?

A nurse is caring for a newborn and auscultates an apical heart rate of 130/min. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A nurse is caring for a client who is 1 hr postpartum and observes a large amount of lochia rubra and several small clots on the client’s perineal pad. The fundus is midline and firm at the umbilicus. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A nurse is caring for a client who is postpartum and finds the fundus slightly boggy and displaced to the right. Based on these findings, which of the following actions should the nurse take?

You're assessing the one-minute APGAR score of a newborn baby. On assessment, you note the following about your newborn patient: weak cry, some flexion of the arm and legs, active movement and cries to stimulation, heart rate 145, and pallor all over the body and extremities. What is your patient's APGAR score?

A nurse is caring for a client who is 12 hr postpartum. Which of the following findings should alert the nurse to the possibility of a postpartum complication?

A nurse is assisting a client who is postpartum with her first breastfeeding experience.

When the client asks how much of the nipple she should put into the newborn's mouth, which of the following responses should the nurse make?

A nurse on a postpartum unit is giving discharge instructions to a client whose newborn had a circumcision with the Plastibell technique. Which of the following client statements indicates understanding of circumcision care?