While caring for a client, the nurse observes that over the…

While caring for a client, the nurse observes that over the past 15 minutes, the fetal heart rate has intermittently dropped to as low as 60 beats per minute without a clear correlation to contractions. Some decelerations persist for 40 seconds before returning to baseline. What action should the nurse take first?

A client just delivered a viable infant and the nurse assess…

A client just delivered a viable infant and the nurse assesses the following at one minute: heart Rate of 115 beats/min shallow, irregular respirations a slight grimace with bulb suctioned some flexion of extremities color is pale and blue. What one-minute APGAR should be assigned to this neonate? [BLANK-1]