A patient is currently pregnant. She has a 5 year old son, 3 year old daughter and had a pregnancy terminated at 8 weeks. What would the nurse document as her gravida and para?

An expectant mother asks the nurse what she can do about the dark vertical line developing on her abdomen. What should the nurse include in the discussion with this mother? 

What should the nurse do to improve placental blood flow immediately after the injection of an epidural anesthetic?

The nurse is to administer Magnesium Sulfate 25 grams in 500 mL D5W to infuse at 2 grams/hr. Calculate the IV flow rate. 

The nurse assesses a patient in active labor and determines that the fetus in in the left occiput posterior position. The patient’s birth plan indicates she does not want an epidural. Which technique would most likely provide relief from the woman’s labor discomfort? 

What should the nurse teach the pregnant woman about the common discomforts during pregnancy?

You are the nurse caring for a laboring patient in the first stage of labor. She tells you that she feels wet and she thinks she has urinated in the bed. You note multiple variable decelerations and a baseline of 90 on the external fetal monitor. What is your next intervention?

Identify the event shown on this fetal monitoring strip:

What does a birth plan help the parents accomplish?

During the luteal phase of the ovarian cycle, the corpus luteum secretes ______________ in order to ______________.