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A client presents to labor and delivery in active labor. The nurse notes a history of genital herpes simplex virus (HSV) and observes several small vesicles on her perineum, consistent with an active HSV outbreak. Knowing the fetus is at risk for vertical transmission, the nurse prepares Mary Jo for a cesarean section.

Which should the nurse recognize as being associated with fetal compromise?

The nurse is caring for a laboring client and reviews the fetal heart rate tracing on the monitor. Based on this strip, what is the appropriate documentation of the baseline fetal heart rate? Fetal baseline image.png

The nurse sees a pattern on the fetal heart monitor that looks similar to early decelerations, but the deceleration begins near the end of the contraction and continues well beyond the contraction. Which nursing action is most appropriate?

Excessive pain and anxiety during labor heightens a client’s sensitivity to pain by increasing:

The nurse auscultates the fetal heart rate (FHR) and determines a rate of 152 beats per minute (bpm). Which of the following nursing actions is most appropriate?

You have a medication order for 60 mg of liquid cough syrup to be given PO. The medication label reads: 100 mg/5 mL. How many mL should the patient receive? (Provide your answer as a number only) 

Your patient has just received an epidural and is now experiencing hypotension. The provider has ordered ephedrine 15 mg IV push STAT, and an optional repeat dose of 5 mg IV in 10 minutes if needed. The medication is supplied as 5 mg/mL. How many mL should the nurse draw up to administer the initial 15 mg dose? (Provide your answer as a number only)

Birth for a nulliparous client with a fetus in breech presentation is most commonly:

If a mutation occurs during meiosis in a germ cell, what is the potential consequences?