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The nurse is caring for a client who just delivered and is in the recovery room.   What is the priority assessment?

The nurse is assessing fetal position by using the Leopold Maneuver and determines the fetus is in ROP position. Which picture depicts this fetal position? fetal_position.jpg

A nurse is discharging a client who is postpartum, providing the client and their support system with education on vaccinations. Which of the following people has the highest priority to be vaccinated against tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis at the time of discharge?

The nurse is caring for a client who is 3 cm dilated.   What would the priority teaching be at this time?

While evaluating an external monitor tracing of a woman in active labor, the nurse notes that the fetal heart rate (FHR) drops slightly after the peak of the contraction and returns to baseline after the contraction is complete for five sequential contractions. What is the nurse’s priority intervention?

The charge nurse is making assignments in the labor and delivery department. Which client should be assigned to the most experience nurse?

Which priority intervention should the nurse implement for the 38-week gestation client who now requests an epidural anesthesia?

The provider orders Magnesium Sulfate to start at 0600 with a loading dose of 6 grams over 15 minutes and then a 2 gram per hour maintenance dose.  The Pharmacy sends 60 grams in 1000 mL of Lactated Ringers.  How many mL/hr will the pump be running at 0630?  write in whole number only [BLANK-1]

One half hour after her C/S with epidural anesthesia, your patient is apprehensive and restless. she has an accelerated pulse and respiratory rate and a drop in BP. You will:

A nurse is caring for a client who is in active labor and notes late decelerations in the FHR. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? Select all that apply.