The diagnostic test reports the pregnant patient has a fetal heart rate baseline of 175 beats per minute. What does this finding indicate to the nurse?

For the labor nurse, care of the expectant mother begins with which situation?

A nurse is monitoring a new mother in the post partum period for signs of hemorrhage. Which of the following signs if noted in the mother would be an early sign of excessive blood loss?

Maternal physiologic changes during labor include? Select all that apply

A nurse is caring for a client in labor, which assessment finding indicates to the nurse that the client is beginning the second stage of labor?

The nurse is assessing a client in the 4th stage of labor and notes that the fundus is firm, but that bleeding is excessive. The initial nursing action would be which of the following?

A post partum nurse is assessing a mother who delivered a healthy newborn. The nurse is assessing for signs and symptoms of a superficial venous thrombosis. Which of the following signs or symptoms would the nurse note if a superficial venous thrombosis were present?

The nurse expects to administer an oxytocic (e.g., Pitocin, Methergine) to a woman after expulsion of her placenta to?

Your post partum patient is complaining of sudden sharp chest pain and dyspnea. The nurse notes that the client is tachycardic and has an increase respiratory rate. The nurse suspects a pulmonary embolism. What initial nursing action should be taken?

Your preterm labor patient needs to be put on magnesium sulfate, you need to educate the patient on adverse effects. What things would you need to educate her on? Select all that apply