Your patient is receiving Heparin via a continuous IV infusion at a rate of 1600 units per hour.

The bag is labeled N/S 500 mLs and contains Heparin 40,000 units.

What rate should the IV pump be set at to deliver this ordered amount of Heparin? mLs/hr.

Assessment of a woman in labor reveals that the fetus is in a cephalic presentation and engagement has occurred.
The nurse interprets this finding to indicate that the presenting part is at which station?.

A client is in active labor.

Checking the EFM tracing, the nurse notes variables that are abnormal.

What would be the nurse's first nursing intervention?

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:

A pregnant woman with diabetes at 10 weeks' gestation has a glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) level of 13%. At this time the nurse should be most concerned about which possible fetal outcome?.

A client is diagnosed with gestational hypertension and is receiving magnesium sulfate.
The nurse determines that the medication is at a therapeutic level based on which finding?.

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?

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?.

When preparing a woman for an amniocentesis, the nurse would instruct her to perform which action?.

Which measure would the nurse include in the teaching plan for a woman to reduce the risk of osteoporosis after menopause?.

In a client's seventh month of pregnancy, she reports feeling "dizzy, like I'm going to pass out when I lie down flat on my back.”. The nurse explains that this is due to:.