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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?

You are the nurse caring for a laboring client at 41 weeks gestation. Upon looking at her prenatal record, you notice that she is group B beta streptococcal positive. Which medication would the nurse prepare to administer?

In a 22 year old primagravida, which of these fetal heart rates would you consider to be the most ominous abnormality on the electronic fetal heart rate strip?

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 nurse set the pump at 0400?

To reduce the possible side effects from a cesarean section under general anesthesia, patients are generally given which of the following medications?