A nurse is attending to a client 2 hours after a spontaneous vaginal birth and the client has saturated two perineal pads with blood within a 30-minute period.
What should be the priority nursing intervention at this time?

A nurse in a prenatal clinic is caring for a client whose blood pressure is 80/40 mm Hg. The client’s last menstrual period was on May 4, 2023.
What would be the estimated due date for the client?

A nurse is admitting a client who is at 38 weeks of gestation and is in the first stage of labor, which of the following assessment findings should the nurse report to the provider first?

A nurse is providing nutritional guidance to a parent of a newborn.
Which statement by the parent indicates an understanding of the teaching?

A nurse midwife is examining a client who is a primigravida at 42 weeks of gestation and believes she is in labor.

 Which finding confirms to the nurse that the client is in labor? 

A nurse is caring for a client who gave birth 2 hours ago.
The nurse notes that the client’s blood pressure is 60 mm Hg. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?

A nurse is caring for a client who is 2 days postpartum.
The client is a Gravida 4 Para 3 who had a forceps-assisted birth with epidural anesthesia at 40 weeks of gestation. She had a second degree mediolateral perineal laceration with repair, and the placenta was manually extracted.
The estimated blood loss was 600 mL. Complete the diagram by dragging from the choices below to specify what condition the client is experiencing, 2 actions the nurse should take to address that condition, and 2 parameters the nurse should monitor to assess the client’s progress.

A nurse is performing a physical examination of a client who is 1 day postpartum. Which finding requires immediate attention?

A nurse is educating the mother of a newborn who was born small for gestational age. Which of the following should the nurse mention as a potential cause of this condition?

A nurse in a prenatal clinic is teaching a client who is in her second trimester and has a new diagnosis of gestational diabetes.
Which of the following statements by the client indicates a need for further teaching?

While evaluating an external monitor tracing of a woman in active labor, the nurse observes that the FHR begins to decelerate late in the contraction, with the decelerations occurring after the peak of the contraction.
What is the nurse’s first priority?