A nurse is planning care for a newborn who has spinal bifida. Which of the following actions should be included in the plan of care?

A nurse is assessing a client in labor who has had epidural anesthesia for pain relief. Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as a complication from the epidural block?

A nurse is admitting a client who is at 30 weeks of gestation and is in preterm labor.

The client has a new prescription for betamethasone and asks the nurse about the purpose of this medication. The nurse should provide which of the following explanations? 

A nurse is preparing to measure the fundal height of a client who is at 22 weeks of gestation.

 At which location should the nurse expect to palpate the fundus? 

A nurse is teaching a newborn's parent to care for the umbilical cord stump. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?

A nurse is caring for a client who is 1 hr postpartum and observes a large amount of lochia rubra and several small clots on the client's perineal pad. The fundus is midline and firm at the umbilicus. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving opioid epidural analgesia during labor. Which of the following findings is the nurse's priority?

A nurse is planning care for a newborn who has spinal bifida. Which of the following actions should be included in the plan of care?

1. A nurse is caring for a newborn who is 30 min old.

Nurses' Notes

1030:

Newborn placed on the birth parent's abdomen immediately following birth. Mouth and nose suctioned with bulb syringe. Dried and stimulated. Strong cry noted. Moving all extremities. Flexed tone noted. Acrocyanosis present.

1100:

Newborn is alert and active. Respirations rapid and shallow with occasional expiratory grunting, Fine crackles auscultated throughout lung fields. Small amount of green-stained vernix present in skin folds. Fingernails stained green. Molding of skull and generalized soft occipital swelling noted. Vital Signs

1030:

Axillary temperature 36.9° C (98.4° F)

Heart rate 170/min Respiratory rate 72/min

1100:

Birth weight 4,025 gm (8 lb 14 oz) (Appropriate for Gestational Age) Axillary temperature 36.7° C (97.8° F)

Heart rate 162/min Respiratory rate 80/min

After reviewing the information in the newborn's medical record, which of the following complications should the nurse identify as posing the greatest risk? The condition that poses the

greatest risk to the newborn is meconium aspiration syndrome due to color of amniotic fluid.

Condition meconium aspiration syndrome meconium ileus

cold stress hypoglycemia jaundice Finding color of amniotic fluid birth weight acrocyanosis gestational age

Apgar scores

A nurse is assessing a client who is receiving magnesium sulfate to treat pre-eclampsia.
Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the provider?

A nurse is caring for a newborn.

Complete the diagram by specifying:

1. The potential condition the newborn is most likely experiencing.
2. Two actions the nurse should take to address that condition.
3. Two parameters the nurse should monitor to assess the newborn's progress.