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While discussing the difference between fetal and neonatal circulation, the nurse discusses three fetal shunts in fetal circulation. The nurse knows that one shunt is between the right and left atrium, allowing blood to bypass the lungs. This shunt is called the

The nurse receives a phone call from a distressed client. The client completed her birth control pill package three days ago while on vacation and missed two pills because she did not have a new package of pills with her. Which instruction should the nurse give this client?

A newly pregnant client is at the clinic for the first prenatal visit. Based on the data collected above, which additional tests (in addition to the routine first-trimester laboratory tests) are appropriate for this client?

Describe one possible warning sign that a student might be experiencing high anxiety or a mental health crisis. Briefly explain one possible strategy you could use to support this student. 

32. A nurse is caring for a patient with emphysema. Which of the following nursing interventions will be most beneficial for long-term management of emphysema?

Before entering this exam, you were asked by your instructor to hold up your three scratch pieces of paper.   Answer “true” or “false” for this statement: I held up all sheets of blank scratch paper, both back and front to the camera

The nurse receives the lab results on a gravid client in the second trimester. The nurse notes that the maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein level is low. The nurse understands that

A neonate with severe hypotension refractory to maximum medical support with additional respiratory failure would require which mode of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)?

Research has shown that best care for infants in the LPI gestational age range includes:

A 23 week premature infant after peritoneal drain placement is resting quietly with an expressionless face, normal heart rate, and respirations with ventilator breaths.  The astute NNP recognizes that this infant requires closer observation related to pain management because: