The labor  nurse will be starting Oxytocin (Pitocin) on a patient to augment her labor.  The nurse understands which of the following critical components are followed when administering oxytocin (Pitocin) in labor? (Select all that apply)

The nurse assists with collecting a specimen for ferning.  A positive ferning indicates what?

The heelstick for a neonatal blood draw should be made:

Mrs. Leifheit is educating students on the use of Rhogam and when it is indicated.  The students demonstrate an understanding by selecting the patients below who will need to receive Rhogam. (Select all that apply)

An infant was delivered vaginally at 39 weeks gestation. Prior to delivery the fetal heart rate was noted to have increased from 140’s up to 180. Mom was ruptured for geater than 24 hours and was hyperthermic. Apgar scores were 5 at 1 minute and 7 at 5 minutes.  The infant was noted to have bradycardia, temperature instability, and lethargy. The babies color was pale, grayish, with some cyanosis.  The neonate was admitted to the special care nursery.  Based on the maternal history and infant symptoms, this newborn is most likely:

The physician orders a narcotic analgesic for a laboring patient. Which of the following situations would lead a nurse to hold the medication?

Assessment findings and causes for pathological jaundice include: (Select all that apply)

Folic acid supplementation before and during pregnancy is to:

The nurse is caring for a postpartum patient who experienced a 2nd degree laceration at delivery, 1 hour ago.  Which of the following intervention should the nurse perform at this time?

At 5 minute after birth a nurse assesses an infant and notes a heart rate of 115 beats/min, some occasional flexion of extremities, slow irregular respirations, grimacing, and a pink body but blue extremities. The nurse calculates an Apgar score of: