A nurse is examining the medical record of a client who gave birth vaginally two days ago and is experiencing constipation.
Which of the following conditions should the nurse recognize as a contraindication for the use of a suppository?

A nurse is calculating the estimated date of delivery for a patient who reports that the first day of her last menstrual period was August 10. Using Nägele’s Rule, what is the patient’s estimated date of delivery?

A nurse is teaching about home safety with a client who is 2 days postpartum. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching?

A nurse is caring for a 36-hour-old male newborn who was born at 39 weeks of gestation in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The newborn has been breastfeeding 3 to 4 times per day and has voided once since birth but has not passed meconium stool since birth. The nurse notes that the newborn’s sclera appears yellow.

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Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the provider? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse is caring for a client who is hypotensive following the administration of epidural anesthesia. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A nurse is caring for a patient who is receiving oxytocin via continuous IV infusion and is experiencing persistent late decelerations in the FHR.
After discontinuing the infusion, what action should the nurse take?

A nurse is planning care immediately following birth for a newborn who has a myelomeningocele that is leaking cerebrospinal fluid.
Which of the following actions should the nurse include in the plan of care?

A nurse is conducting an initial assessment of a newborn delivered with a nuchal cord. What clinical findings should the nurse anticipate?

A nurse is caring for a client who is at 37 weeks of gestation and is being tested for group B streptococcus B-hemolytic (GBS). The client, who is multigravida and multipara with no history of GBS, asks the nurse why the test was not conducted earlier in her pregnancy.
Which of the following is an appropriate response by the nurse?

A nurse is caring for a patient immediately following the delivery of a stillborn fetus. What action should the nurse take?

A nurse is caring for a newborn who is 4 hours old. The newborn is lying in the bassinet, lightly swaddled.

The newborn appears jittery with a weak cry when disturbed. The extremities are mottled with acrocyanosis.

The respirations are rapid and unlabored. What action should the nurse take?