The doctor orders to start Magnesium Sulfate at 0600 with a loading dose of 6 grams over 15 minutes and then 2 gram maintenance dose. Pharmacy sends 60 grams in 1000 mL of Normal Saline. How many mL/hr will the nurse set the pump at 0600?

You have a 36 week gestation client in labor. She has been diagnosed with mild preeclampsia (b/p is 148/92,) thrombocytopenia (platelets are 82,000,) and gestational diabetes (current blood glucose is 215). She is requesting an epidural for pain relief. Which of the following reasons would be a contraindication for this type of anesthesia?

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The nurse is caring for a patient that came into labor and delivery that is 43 weeks gestation. You are carefully monitoring for which condition? 

You are planning the care for a 37 week gestation client. Her Bishop Score is 7. Why would we utilize a Bishop Score?

A nurse is admitting a pregnant client to the labor room and attaches an external electronic fetal monitor to the client’s abdomen. After attachment of the monitor, the nurse understands that the most important clinical indicator of overall fetal wellbeing would be shown by which of the following?

You are providing education for a laboring woman whose temperature is 101.1 F. What fetal heart rate pattern reflects this maternal problem?

The nurse is monitoring a fetal heart rate with moderate variability. The nurse notes abrupt decelerations to 80 bpm from a baseline of 135 bpm. The nurse interprets these findings as resulting from which of the following?

The provider orders oxytocin to be started at 1 mu per minute at 0400 and increase by 1 mu every 30 minutes. The pharmacy sends 20 units of oxytocin in 1000 mL of Lactated Ringers. How many mL/hr will the nurse set the pump at 0400?