A pregnant client is lactose intolerant. Which of the following foods could this woman consume to assist her to meet her calcium needs?

A 24-year-old pregnant woman had a pregestational BMI of 27.4. What would the nurse predict an appropriate weight gain for this client might be?

A woman with a diagnosis of a nonruptured ectopic pregnancy is admitted to the High Risk Obstetric floor. The nurse understands that the typical treatment for this diagnosis would be?

A patient is admitted for asthma exacerbation. Auscultation reveals bilateral expiratory wheezes while using accessory muscle to breathe. What is the next optimal therapy?

A nurse is designing a teaching sheet describing the process of fetal circulation to hand out to clients during prenatal visits. The nurse accurately tells the clients that fetal circulation consists of which of the following?

A pregnant client diagnosed with severe preeclampsia is admitted for treatment. The clinician orders Magnesium sulfate intravenously. Ordered: Magnesium sulfate 4 gram loading dose administered over 30 minutes starting at 0800; Maintenance dose 1 gram per hour. The nurse adds 60 grams of magnesium sulfate to 500 ml of 0.9% NaCl. How many mL/hr would the pump be running at 1000?

The nurse is preparing to give a corticosteroid to a patient with preterm labor. The nurse explains that the purpose of this drug is to do which of the following?

A pregnant client is at her first prenatal appointment. She has a 2-year-old son born at 39 weeks, a fetal demise at 19 weeks, a 5-year-old daughter born at 38 weeks, and 7-year-old twin daughters born at 34 weeks. She had an elective abortion 2 years ago at 8 weeks. How does the nurse, using the GTPAL format, document the client’s obstetric history?

A 32-year-old woman at 23 weeks of gestation presents to the labor and delivery unit in preterm labor. It is found upon examiniation that the patient has a fundal height greater than 3 cm than the expected gestational age. An ultrasound reveals excessive amniotic fluid. Which of the following pharmacologic agents is appropriate for this patient?

What would be the appropriate action for a multipara client whose 1-hour, 50-gram glucose tolerance test result is 165?