The nurse is caring for a client in active labor. For the past 45 minutes, contractions have been occurring every 1-1.5 minutes and lasting for 95 seconds. The nurse palpates the fundal area between contractions and finds it to be very firm. From the assessment, the nurse determines that the client is:  

A G1P0 with severe preeclampsia has been receiving magnesium sulfate by intravenous infusion for 8 hours for severe preeclampsia.  The RN assesses the woman and documents the following findings:  T = 98.7, P = 92, R = 22, BP 155/112, 2 + reflexes.  The RN anticipates an order for:

A full-term 3-hour-old infant has a blood glucose level of 35mg/dL. Which of the following actions should the nurse perform at this time? 

Two hours after the client’s vaginal delivery, she reports feeling “several large, warm gushes of fluid” from her vagina.  The RN assesses the client’s perineum and finds a large pool of blood on the client’s bed.  Which nursing action is a priority?

The nurse is assessing an 8-hour-old newborn. Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the neonatologist? 

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A 22-year-old woman is 6 weeks postpartum.   In the clinic, she admits to crying every day, feeling overwhelmed, and sometimes thinking that she may hurt the baby.  What would be the priority nursing action at this time?

The newborn is to receive phytonadione (Vitamin K).  Which statement, if made by the newborn’s mother, indicates that she understands the RN’s teaching about the medication?

A universal resource locator (URL) identifies a URL address and apple.com is an example of a domain name.

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