Which of the following needs to be considered when using the Health Belief Model (HBM)?

You are the Special Care Nursery nurse reviewing the chart of a 36-hour-old neonate who was born at 36 weeks. Do you understand which of the following would place the neonate at risk for physiologic jaundice?

Caring for a newborn in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), the RN states she recently completed a Finnegan score on a newborn. This tool measures which of the following?

A 25-year-old woman with Type II Diabetes Mellitus should be educated on all the following regarding preconception care, except:

A bioterrorism attack occurred locally in which people were exposed to anthrax. As the nurse, you understand the main priority would be:

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 41-week pregnant multigravida presents in the labor and delivery unit after a nonstress test indicated that her fetus could be experiencing some difficulties in utero. Which diagnostic tool would yield more detailed information about the fetus?

Cervidil (dinoprostone) has been ordered for a pregnant woman at 42 weeks of gestation. The nurse recognizes that this medication will be administered to:

For clinical purposes, the most accurate definition of preterm and post-term infants is defined as what?

The nurse is caring for a 30-week gestation client who was loaded on a magnesium sulfate infusion one hour ago for preterm labor. Which of the following assessment findings would warrant the infusion to be discontinued immediately?

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