The laboring patient with an epidural is 9 cm dilated. The labor nurse anticipates that she will have the patient start to push:

A client being induced with oxytocin (Pitocin) has just been checked. Her cervical exam is 3 cm/80% effaced/-1 station. Her contractions are occurring every 1 and a 1/2 minutes for 60 seconds. The fetal heart rate (FHR) is 140 bpm, with moderate variability and occasional accelerations present. The nurse has repositioned the mother and given her a bolus of IVF. The contraction pattern remains the same. The next best action of the nurse is to

The nurse is assessing vital signs of a low-risk laboring client during a contraction and notes the following: T 99.0°F, HR 52, BP 157/90. The next best action of the nurse is to:

A woman who is gravida 3, para 2 enters the intrapartum unit stating that she is in labor. The most important immediate nursing assessments include:

The nurse is monitoring a patient in the active stage of labor. Which conditions potentially associated with fetal compromise should the nurse report? Select all that apply.

The nurse knows that the oxytocin (Pitocin) infusion to stimulate labor must be discontinued immediately if which of the following occurs?

List the five types of glial cells, and briefly describe the function of each type of cell.

The nucleus of human cells contains how many pairs of chromosomes?

This hindbrain structure is associated with sleep-wake behaviors and arousal.

What three properties are shared by all chordate nervous systems?