Case Study: Question 5 You are the nurse caring for a 35 y/o…
Case Study: Question 5 You are the nurse caring for a 35 y/o G2P1001 here at 39 weeks gestation for an induction of labor due to poorly controlled GDMa2. Additionally, her pregnancy has been complicated by polyhydramnios and suspected fetal macrosomia, with estimated fetal weight in the 97th percentile. The provider ordered her induction to be started with pitocin. It is currently infusing at 4 mu and she is beginning to become uncomfortable. Her last cervical exam was 3/50/-4. Her water is broken and the fetus demonstrated a prolonged deceleration. You performed a cervical exam and palpated an umbilical cord. You have called the provider and your charge nurse. What do you anticipate next?
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Case Study 3.5 You are the nurse working in a gynecologic clinic. You are providing contraceptive counseling for a 36 year old G3P2012. She hasn’t been sexually active for the past year, but has met someone and is interested in starting contraceptives again. The patient decides that she would like the Copper IUD. The provider will be in to place it within 10 minutes. What priority action should you perform?
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Case Study 4.1 You are the OB clinic RN seeing a college age female here for her first OB visit at 7 weeks gestation. She describes having multiple sexual partners and does not use condoms or birth control. When asked what symptoms she is having she describes being nauseous, constipated, having night sweats, mouth ulcers, swollen lymph nodes, and a rash. SATA: Which of these symptoms are abnormal for early pregnancy?
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