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Following a vaginal delivery,  you have delivered the placenta. You see a minimal, but continuous flow of bright red bleeding that continues even in the presence of a firmly contracted, round uterus. This is most likely due to which of the following?

Using the information from the previous question, explain how and why the resting membrane potential will be established. 

The type of stain used to stain a cell part would be a ______ stain.

Upon delivery of the placenta you quickly identify that the uterus is inverted with the placenta still partially attached. What should be your first action?

Infants experience physiologic jaundice because:

The key components of care in the initial postpartum period include:

Which of the following about mastitis is not true? 

Which of the following is the largest single cause of third stage hemorrhage?

Factors  included in the history of the newborn should include:

The most dramatic and rapid extra-uterine transitions for the infant occur in: