The postpartum nurse is assessing clients, and all have given birth within the past 24 hours. Which client assessment leads the nurse to suspect the woman is experiencing postpartum blues?

A nurse is providing education to a woman who is experiencing postpartum hemorrhage and is to receive a uterotonic agent. The nurse determines that additional teaching is needed when the woman identifies which drug as possibly being prescribed as treatment?

A client in labor has been diagnosed with shoulder dystocia. Which risk factors would the nurse expect in the prenatal history? Select all that apply.

What is the frequency and duration of this contraction pattern?

What is the fetal heart rate baseline? What is the varibility? Are there any accels? Are there any decels? If there are decels what kind of decels are they?

A nurse-manager is training a new nurse as they care for a client experiencing postpartum hemorrhage. The nurse-manager determines that additional teaching is needed when the new nurse prepares to administer which agent to the client?

A nurse is completing a postpartum assessment. Which finding would alert the nurse to a potential problem?

A hospitalized client with hyperemesis gravidarum has been tolerating small amounts of clear fluids for the past 6 hours. What is the next step in the plan of care?

A client’s membranes spontaneously ruptured, as evidenced by a gush of clear fluid with a contraction. What would the nurse do next?

A G3P2 woman at 39 weeks’ gestation presents highly agitated, reporting something “came out” when her membranes just ruptured. Which action should the nurse prioritize after noting the umbilical cord is hanging out of the vagina?