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The clinical nurse educator is preparing a presentation regarding health promotion education for clients who were just diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. To decrease the risk of disease related complication the nurse educator should recommend to a client which of the following actions? 

You are transferring a client with newly diagnosed Chronic Myeloid leukemia to an Extended Care Facility. Which information is most important to communicate to the charge nurse at the Extended Care Facility? 

A neonate born at 41 weeks gestation is diagnosed as large for gestational age (LGA). The neonate was delivered via vaginal delivery. A shoulder dystocia occurred and was corrected with McRoberts maneuver and suprapubic pressure. Upon assessment the moro reflex is absent in the right upper extremity. Which of the following birth injuries would be suspected?

A nurse working on the maternity unit and caring for 4 patients. The nurse knows that which patient needs to be a scheduled cesarean section delivery?

The nurse is assessing the stool of a newborn who is breastfeeding and 5 days old.  Which stool is normal at this time?

The health care provider orders Pitocin 18 mu/min. Pharmacy supplies with Pitocin 20 units in 500 ml of NS. What do you set the pump in mL/hr

As part of the discharge teaching, the nurse can prepare the mother for her upcoming adjustment to her new role by instructing her regarding self-care activities to help prevent postpartum depression (PPD). Which statement regarding this condition is most helpful for the client?

The nurse is caring for a pregnant woman with preeclampsia with severe features  Which intervention should the nurse include to decrease the risk of eclampsia?

A woman who delivered her infant 12 hours ago (infant weighed 4100 grams) is complaining of persistent perineal pain despite administration of 600 mg of ibuprofen 1 hour ago. A priority action by the nurse at this time is to:

During the assessment of a newborn, the nurse notices small white dots on the infant’s nose and face (pictured here). The nurse documents this finding as: