The priority nursing intervention after an amniotomy should be to:

A woman who has recently given birth complains of pain and tenderness in her leg. On physical examination the nurse notices warmth and redness over an enlarged, hardened area. The nurse should suspect __________ and should confirm the diagnosis by ___________.

Excessive blood loss after childbirth can have several causes; the most common is:

When planning care for a laboring woman whose membranes have ruptured, the nurse recognizes that the woman’s risk for _________________________ has increased.

A pregnant woman at 37 weeks of gestation has had ruptured membranes for 26 hours. A cesarean section is performed for failure to progress. The fetal heart rate (FHR) before birth is 180 beats/min with limited variability. At birth the newborn has Apgar scores of 6 and 7 at 1 and 5 minutes and is noted to be pale and tachypneic. On the basis of the maternal history, the cause of this newborn’s distress is most likely to be:

During a phone follow-up conversation with a woman who is 4 days’ after birth, the woman tells the nurse, “I don’t know what’s wrong. I love my son, but I feel so let down. I seem to cry for no reason!” The nurse would recognize that the woman is experiencing:

Rho immune globulin will be ordered after birth if which situation occurs?

Given: pH = 7.26  PaCO2 = 58  HCO3 = 15  Your initial interpretation of this ABG: I. uncompensated respiratory alkalosis  II. partially compensated metabolic acidosis  III. mixed acidosis  IV. compensated metabolic acidosis

Handgrip strength has been shown to be associated with functional capacity and predicted mortality in the elderly.

If the patient’s white blood cell (WBC) count is 25,000/mm on her second day after birth, the nurse should: