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The nurse is working in a women’s health center. A client who is at fourteen weeks gestation calls complaining of nonstop vomiting. The nurse is concerned as pregnant clients with this complaint are at risk for (select all that apply)

After the neonate is born, the provider dries her off and places her skin to skin with the mother, covering her with a warm blanket. The newborn seems to be scooting, sniffing, and shifting her way to the client’s nipple over a period of time. The nurse documents this as a 

The following fetal monitoring tracing is from a client at 38 weeks gestation in labor. What is the nurse’s interpretation of this tracing?

A nurse makes the following observations when assessing a full-term baby who nursed for fifteen minutes and is being assessed at forty-five minutes post-birth: 9 lb 2 oz (4,139 grams), 21 inches long, TPR: Temp is 96.6 F (35.9 C), heart rate is 158, respiratory rate is 56, extremities are jittery, acrocyanosis is present, and he is sleepy.  Which of the following nursing actions is of the highest importance? 

The nurse is assessing a 3-day-old infant. The infant’s sclera has a yellow tinge, as does the infant’s forehead and nose, and sternum. What would the nurse do next?

The nurse is describing the fetal heart rate (FHR) tracing of a well oxygenated fetus with a normal acid base balance. What are some components seen in a FHR tracing that is reassuring? Select all that apply.

Question 1 is to assure academic integrity with ethical and honest behaviors. Students at the University of Missouri-St. Louis are expected to adhere to the Student Standard of Conduct as well as to those established University policies and procedures.  I acknowledge that before and while taking this exam, I have not done anything that would give me an unfair advantage and would be counted as cheating, such as discussing with classmates questions on this exam.  Please answer true if this statement describes you. Please answer false if you have spoken to another person about the questions on this exam or are using a different method to gain an unfair advantage.

The nurse is caring for a client in the first hour postoperatively who had a cesarean section. During the first hour, the nurse will check the vital signs, pain, incision, uterine fundus, and lochia 

The nurse cares for a client who is G1P0 at 40 weeks gestational age who is experiencing labor. She is going natural and was 6 cm dilated two hours ago. She has been laboring in the shower with the nurse intermittently listening to the fetal heart rate using a handheld Doppler. She calls out and thinks she may have had a spontaneous rupture of membranes. The nurse enters the room. His priority assessment is

Reducing redundant data helps improve the _____ of the database.