A nurse has received an order to administer Morphine 5mg IV once immediately.
The available concentration is 2.5 mg/mL. How many mL of morphine should the nurse prepare for administration?

A nurse is caring for a newborn who has macrosomia and whose mother has diabetes mellitus.
Which of the following newborn complications should the nurse recognize as the priority focus of care?

A nurse is leading a discussion about contraception with a group of 14-year-old clients. After the presentation, a client asks the nurse which method would be best for her to use.
Which of the following responses should the nurse make?

A nurse is caring for a client who is 34 weeks pregnant.

The nurse is reviewing the client’s electronic medical record to develop a care plan.

The nurse should take which of the following actions to address the condition the client is most likely experiencing, and monitor which parameters to assess the client’s progress.

Three hours post cesarean section, the physician orders Toradol 30 mg IM every 6 hours for pain.
Toradol is available in 60 mg/mL. How many mLs should be drawn up?

A nurse is caring for a client who is in labor and has an external fetal monitor.
The nurse observes late decelerations on the monitor strip and interprets them as indicating which of the following?

A nurse is admitting a patient with severe pre-eclampsia at 35 weeks of gestation and is reviewing the provider’s orders.
Which of the following orders requires clarification?

A nurse is preparing an in-service program about preventing medication errors when transcribing a prescription.
The nurse is using a dosage example of two tenths of a milligram.

 Which of the following examples should the nurse use to show appropriate transcription of this dosage? 

A nurse is attending to a client in active labor and observes late decelerations on the fetal monitor.
What should be the nurse’s priority action?

A nurse on the labor and delivery unit is caring for a patient following a vaginal examination by the provider which is documented as: -1. Which of the following interpretations of this finding should the nurse make?

A nurse is caring for a term macrosomic newborn whose mother has poorly controlled type 2 diabetes.

The newborn has respiratory distress syndrome.

The nurse should be aware that the most likely cause of the respiratory distress is which of the following?