A patient diagnosed with preeclampsia is admitted to the hospital and prescribed magnesium sulfate therapy.
What is the purpose of administering magnesium sulfate to this patient?

When assessing a newborn, which is the best method for the nurse to use to elicit the Moro reflex?

A nurse is assessing a newborn.
Which finding may indicate a problem?

During the first postpartum day, a new mother is breastfeeding her infant.The client asks, “Since I don’t have any milk yet, why am I breastfeeding?” Which response by the nurse is most appropriate?

A nurse is caring for a patient who is in labor and is placed on a monitor.How should the nurse determine the duration of contractions?

A client in preterm labor tells the nurse, “It’s okay that I am in labor.I’m not worried.
My sister’s baby was born this early, and he is doing great.” How should the nurse interpret this statement by the client? The client is:.

On her first visit, a patient had a baseline hemoglobin of 13.0 gm and a hematocrit of 42.9%.She has been taking ferrous sulfate tablets and eating an iron-rich diet.She returned to the clinic at 30 weeks gestation and has a hemoglobin of 11.0 gm and a hematocrit of 36.3%.She is concerned and confused about why these lab values have gone down.
In responding, which physiological change during pregnancy should the nurse describe to the patient?

A client is at the antepartal clinic for a pregnancy test.Which finding, if present, would be considered a positive sign of pregnancy?

A baby boy is circumcised on the day of discharge. Which observation should the nurse make prior to the infant’s discharge?. 

The nurse provides a 16-year-old client with information concerning expected and possible changes during pregnancy.
Which statement, if made by the client, would indicate that she understands the information?

A patient who is 33 weeks pregnant has been experiencing Braxton-Hicks contractions.Which information should the nurse include in responding to this patient?