How do banding patterns change when a muscle contracts?

Hypothesize what would happen if blood flow was restricted to the hand when your muscle experiment is performed.

The nurse is teaching a client about her upcoming ultrasound.  Which teaching is necessary prior to a second-trimester transabdominal ultrasound?

A client has been admitted with severe preeclampsia. The physician orders: 20 Grams of Magnesium sulfate added to 500 mL of Lactated Ringers solution. Administer a loading dose of 4 grams in 30 minutes and a maintenance dose of 2 grams per hour. What will you set the pump at for the maintenance dose?  

The client being treated during labor with magnesium sulfate asks how long she will need this drug.  Your best response is that the drug will likely be discontinued

A client receiving magnesium sulfate for severe preeclampsia has absent deep tendon reflexes and a respiratory rate of 10 breaths/minute. What action should the nurse take first?

A pregnant client at 28 weeks’ gestation is diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Which statement made by the client indicates she understands the teaching?

A client receiving magnesium sulfate for seizure prophylaxis develops absent deep tendon reflexes and respirations of 10 breaths/minute. Which nursing intervention is most appropriate after discontinuing the infusion?

Which of the following scenarios would indicate a nonreactive nonstress test (NST) in a client at 36 weeks’ gestation?

A client at 20 weeks’ gestation was recently diagnosed with total (complete) placenta previa and the nurse follows up after teaching. Which of the following statements by the client indicates the teaching was effective?