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A multiparous woman is admitted to the postpartum unit after a rapid labor and birth of a 4000-g infant. Her fundus is boggy, lochia is heavy, and vital signs are stable and unchanged. The nurse has the woman void and massages her fundus, but the fundus remains difficult to find, and the rubra lochia remains heavy. Which action would the nurse take next?

A pre-operative patient’s CBC results include:  RBC, 4.6x 10 to the 6th units/L; WBC, 14.6 x 10 to the 3rd units/L; Hb. 14 g/dl; Hct, 55%; platelets 160/mm3 .  What do these results indicate? 

The emergency department nurse reviews the health history of clients admitted to the hospital. Which client is at the highest risk for developing iron deficiency anemia?      

Your previous patient L.M. who is a 32-year-old G2P1 at 39.5 weeks gestation, was admitted for labor and was told her baby is looking “sunny side up” with the occiput on the maternal right side. She is also told she is GBS positive. The following tracing was recorded on admission. What position is the baby in?  [position] What do you need to educate L.M. about being GBS-positive? [positiveeducationneeds] This EFM strip is marked variability with accelerations and a normal contraction pattern. [trueorfalse]      

When a nurse is administering IVIG for conditions like Kawasaki’s, the nurse, the nurse should observe for side effects  such as (Select all that apply.)

In which ways does the nurse provide respect for the patient’s values, preferences, and expressed needs? (Select all that apply.)

A 39-year-old primigravida woman believes that she is approximately 8 weeks pregnant, although she has had irregular menstrual periods all her life. She has a history of smoking approximately one pack of cigarettes a day; however, she tells the nurse that she is trying to cut down. Her laboratory data are within normal limits. What diagnostic technique would be useful at this time?

A recent study of 318 healthcare systems found that in 90% of these healthcare systems, African American patients receive lower doses of pain medication. This is evidence of which phenomenon in healthcare?

Your patient is a G3P1 induction for 40.4 postdates.  She is laboring unmedicated walking using movement and a TENS unit to cope with contractions. Suddenly her water breaks on the floor.  What is your priority intervention?

The nurse reviewed the history of this 3-week-old infant and read that he was diagnosed with coarctation of the aorta. The nurse realizes that this congenital disease causes the symptoms experienced by the infant. Choose the most likely options for the information missing from the statements below by selecting from the lists of the options provided.  Coarctation of the aorta is described as the  [1] ____ of the aortic arch . A classic finding is [3] _____pulses in the arms and [4]____femoral pulses