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A 27 week pregnant patient has just been admitted to the emergency department after a head-on automobile accident. While she appears uninjured, the nurse should carefully monitor for which possible complication of pregnancy? Select all that apply.

A patient who is in her third trimester and is at risk for preterm birth calls the clinic to get the results of her fetal finbronectin test (fFN). The nurse sees the result is negative. Which advice to the patient is most appropriate? 

Both Gilgamesh and The Odyssey feature a close companion to the protagonist. How do the relationships differ?

A client admitted for labor due to spontaneous rupture of membranes had a baseline FHR of 130 to 135 with moderate variability upon admission. Over the last 5 hours, the FHR baseline has increased to 165 to 170. What should be the focus of the nurse’s priority assessment? 

A nulliparous woman has been admitted to the labor and delivery unit. Her Bishop score is 4. What medication does the nurse plan to administer?

A lecithin/sphingomyelin (L/S) ratio has been ordered by a pregnant woman’s obstetrician. Which of the following data will the nurse learn from this test? 

How does Hamlet feel about humanity in this speech from the play Hamlet? “What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason, how infinite in faculties…”

Which of the following tracings shown would the nurse interpret as indicative of uteroplacental insufficiency? 

A 38 week gestation patient comes to the emergency department and is diagnosed with placental abruption. Which of the following is the biggest risk to the mother with this condition? 

Who is being referred to in this opening line of The Odyssey? “Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story/ of that man skilled in all ways of contending…”