When monitoring a postpartum client 2 hours after birth, the nurse notices heavy bleeding with large clots. Which response is most appropriate initially?

The nurse has been monitoring a multipara client for several hours. The client cries out that the contractions are getting harder and that they cannot continue with the labor process. The nurse notes the client is very irritable, nauseated, annoyed, and does not want to be left alone but also does not want to be touched. Based on the assessment which action should the nurse take next?

Which nursing action is applied throughout all stages of labor?

The nurse is monitoring a client in the first stage of labor. The nurse determines the client’s uterine contractions are effective and progressing well based on which finding?

After describing continuous internal electronic fetal monitoring to a laboring client and their partner, which statement by the pregnant client indicates the need for additional teaching?

Which disorder is described as a transient, self-limiting mood disorder that affects postpartum clients after birth?

A pregnant client undergoing labor induction is receiving an oxytocin infusion. Which finding would require immediate intervention?

The nurse is caring for a couple trying to conceive their first child. The couple state they have been attempting to become pregnant for the past year. Which finding in the couple’s history most concerns the nurse?

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?