A nurse is reviewing the client and the newborn’s Rh factor.  It is determined that the client’s blood Rh is negative and her newborn’s is positive.  To help prevent Rh isoimmunization, the nurse would expect to administer RhoGam at which time?

A nurse is reviewing the laboratory results of a client at 28 weeks of gestation. The client’s fasting glucose is 185 mg/dL. The nurse knows that gestational diabetes occurs when which of the following physiologic processes is present?

A nurse is educating a group of postpartum clients about their risk for blood clots. The nurse explains that which physiologic change during pregnancy contributes most directly to an increased risk for deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism?

As you are taking an obstetric history on a newly pregnant client, she tells you that she is the mother of a 4-year old girl and 2-year old twin boys.  The girl was born on her due date and the boys were born at 28 weeks. Her first pregnancy ended in a miscarriage at 9 weeks. Six years ago she gave birth to a daughter at term who died of SIDS.   Using the GTPAL notation, which is the correct documentation of her obstetrical history?   G   P   T   P   A   L 

A 28-year-old client, G2P1, at 30 weeks gestation arrives at the clinic for a routine prenatal visit.  After lying supine on the exam table, she tells the nurse, “I feel dizzy and like I might be sick to my stomach.” The nurse notes the following changes: BP (prior):122/76 mmHg BP (now):88/54 mmHg HR:102 bpm Resp: 18/min Position: Supine The nurse knows what is the cause of the clients symptoms (1 point): What are two (2) causes/contributing factors (2 points): What is the priority nursing action (1 point): What are two (2) priority patient education topics the nurse should teach the client (2 points):

A nurse urges a pregnant client at the first prenatal office visit to begin taking iron supplements immediately. What is the rationale for this interventions?

A woman is at 24 weeks gestation. The nurse would expect to find the fundal height measurement to be:

A nurse is seeing a client at 32 weeks of gestation who reports a headache that has persisted for two days. The client states, ‘I get headaches all the time during pregnancy — is this normal?’ Which response by the nurse reflects the most appropriate clinical reasoning?

Based on traditional calculations, what is the hourly maintenance fluid for a 12 Kg patient who has been NPO for 8 hours?

The patient with Type B blood has: