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A client who is 12 weeks pregnant is at the prenatal clinic for an initial assessment visit.  The history reveals the following: healthy 7-year-old twins who were born at 34 weeks gestation, a healthy 2-year-old born at 38 weeks gestation, and a spontaneous abortion 1 year ago at 16 weeks gestation.  Using the GTPAL method, the nurse would document the obstetric history as:

Following delivery, the nurse would first assess which two newborn body systems that must undergo the most rapid changes that support extrauterine life?

The nurse is performing an assessment of a post-operative day 1 Cesarean Section client who labored for many hours.  The client appears anxious, dyspneic, and is reporting chest pain.  The client’s blood pressure is 70/50. What is the nurse’s priority action?

Several pregnant women are waiting to be seen in the triage area of the OB unit. Which client is the priority?

After teaching a group of nursing students about effects of gestational diabetes, the instructor determines that the teaching was successful when the students identify which of the following? (Select all that apply).

A nurse on the postpartum unit is caring for four clients. The nurse recognizes which of the following clients is most at risk for a postpartum infection?

The mechanism of action for tetracycline is inhibition of:

The nurse is providing care to a newborn delivered 1 hour ago, and is administering Vitamin K IM.  This is administered for which reason?

A bacterial pure colony can be described as:

Which medium can be described as suppressing the growth of most gram-negative organisms while allowing gram-positive bacteria to grow?