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Your laboring client has been ordered 1,000 ml of Lactated Ringers (LR) to be infused over the next 8 hours.   Calculate the flow rate for this client in mL/hr.  _______

Thirty-six hours after delivery of a healthy newborn, the nurse finds the client crying. When asked what is wrong, the client replies, “Nothing really. I just seem to cry a lot for no reason.” What should be the initial nursing intervention?

The nurse is providing discharge instructions regarding breastfeeding. What hormone is responsible for milk production?

A client who delivered vaginally is readmitted five days later with subinvolution. Which symptom would the nurse expect to observe when assessing this client?

The pediatrician writes the following order: Narcan (naloxone) 0.1mg/kg IM stat for a newborn weighing 3.2 kg.  Using the vial available, calculate the volume of Narcan you will administer in mL (see picture).  _______

What would the nurse observe on postpartum day 1 indicating that the client is experiencing the taking-in maternal adaptation/puerperal phase?

While a client is being admitted to the birthing unit she states, “My water broke last night, but my labor started two hours ago.” Which of the following is a concern? 

The father of a 12 hour old newborn anxiously reports that the baby’s hands and feet are blue. The nurse confirms acrocyanosis and intervenes by:

What would the nurse include when explaining the purpose of phototherapy to the parents of a 2 day old newborn that is jaundiced.

The appropriate technique for postpartum fundal assessment would include: