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The doctor orders to start Magnesium Sulfate at 0600 with a loading dose of 6 grams over 15 minutes then 2 gm/hr maintenance dose. Pharmacy sends 60 grams in 1000 mL of Normal Saline. How many mL/hr will the pump be running at 0630?

ERROR: An AP axial foot projection obtained with the foot laterally rotated demonstrates: 1. a closed medial–intermediate cuneiform joint space. 2. closed tarsometatarsal joint spaces. 3. the calcaneus with increased talar superimposition. 4. a decrease in metatarsal base superimposition.

The doctor orders to start Magnesium Sulfate at 0600 with a loading dose of 6 grams over 15 minutes and then 2 gram maintenance dose. Pharmacy sends 60 grams in 1000 mL of Normal Saline. How many mL/hr will the nurse set the pump at 0600?

A nurse is admitting a pregnant client to the labor room and attaches an external electronic fetal monitor to the client’s abdomen. After attachment of the monitor, the nurse understands that the most important clinical indicator of overall fetal wellbeing would be shown by which of the following?

As the charge nurse on the labor and delivery unit, you need to assign two patients to one of the RNs because of a staffing shortage. The normal nurse-patient ratio is 1:1. Which two patients would the charge nurse assign to the RN?

1 strip (3).jpgWhile evaluating an external monitor tracing of a woman in active labor whose labor is being induced, the nurse notes the following fetal monitor strip. What would the nurse do first?

A Lateral Ankle was performed (image below): how should this be CORRECTED? 28. Elevated calcaneus external leg rotation2.png 

flexion.png A proper amount of flexion of the knees and hips on a modified cleaves would be:

The Nurse Educator is conducting an in-service program for a group of labor and delivery nurses. The topic includes cesarean sections. The group demonstrates understanding of this information when they can identify which conditions as appropriate indications for this procedure? Select all that apply

The provider orders oxytocin to be started at 1 mu per minute at 0400 and increase by 1 mu every 30 minutes. The pharmacy sends 20 units of oxytocin in 1000 mL of Lactated Ringers. How many mL/hr will the pump be running at 0645?