A patient is at her routine visit 2 weeks prior to her scheduled cesarean delivery. Which teaching should the nurse provide in order to prepare the patient for hospital admission?

The patient asks the nurse why she is receiving a stool softener. What is the best response by the nurse?  

Following a forceps delivery, the nurse will monitor for which possible maternal complication?  

A patient asks the nurse why the provider has suggested an external cephalic version. What is the nurse’s best response?

A patient who had a cesarean birth is 3 days postpartum. She reports to the nurse that she gets a sudden urge to urinate and has to hurry to the bathroom and then is only able to urinate a small amount. What should the nurse do?  

A newborn has just been delivered. Which of the following physiological changes is of highest priority?  

Which infant condition contraindicates breastfeeding?

A nurse is assessing a patient who has undergone an amniotomy. Which assessment finding is most important for the nurse to report immediately?

A new father is observed to be staring at his new son. This behavior is termed:  

The nurse is assessing a postpartum patient within the first hour after delivery and notes that her peripad is saturated. Which is the nurse’s priority action?