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For the labor nurse, care of the expectant mother begins with which situation?

The diagnostic test reports the pregnant patient has a fetal heart rate baseline of 175 beats per minute. What does this finding indicate to the nurse?

A nurse is monitoring a new mother in the post partum period for signs of hemorrhage. Which of the following signs if noted in the mother would be an early sign of excessive blood loss?

Maternal physiologic changes during labor include? Select all that apply

The nurse expects to administer an oxytocic (e.g., Pitocin, Methergine) to a woman after expulsion of her placenta to?

A nurse is caring for a client in labor, which assessment finding indicates to the nurse that the client is beginning the second stage of labor?

Your post partum patient is complaining of sudden sharp chest pain and dyspnea. The nurse notes that the client is tachycardic and has an increase respiratory rate. The nurse suspects a pulmonary embolism. What initial nursing action should be taken?

The nurse is assessing a client in the 4th stage of labor and notes that the fundus is firm, but that bleeding is excessive. The initial nursing action would be which of the following?

A post partum nurse is assessing a mother who delivered a healthy newborn. The nurse is assessing for signs and symptoms of a superficial venous thrombosis. Which of the following signs or symptoms would the nurse note if a superficial venous thrombosis were present?

Correctly match the deceleration with the cause: