A woman attends a prenatal visit and is told to start taking a folic acid supplement.

The Nurse Practitioner explains that this is to prevent:

The client has been having contractions every 5 minutes for 7 hours.

Which factor would the nurse use to determine if this is true labor?

A woman attends a prenatal visit and is told to start taking a folic acid supplement.

The Nurse Practitioner explains that this is to prevent:

The factors that affect the process of labor and birth, known commonly as the five Ps, include all except:

The nurse has received a report regarding her patient in labor.

The woman’s last vaginal examination was recorded as 3 cm, 30%, and -2. The nurse’s interpretation of this assessment is that:

A woman is in the second stage of labor with a strong urge to push.

Which of the following actions by the nurse is appropriate at this time?

The nurse is evaluating the fetal monitor tracing of the patient who is in active labor.

Suddenly, the nurse sees the FHR drop from its baseline of 125 down to 80. The nurse repositions the mother, provides oxygen, increases intravenous fluids, and performs a vaginal exam.

The cervix has not changed.

Two minutes have passed, and the fetal heart rate remains in the 70s.

What additional nursing measures should the nurse take?

A pregnant woman initiated prenatal care at 12 weeks’ gestation.

At that time, her hemoglobin and hematocrit were 13 gm/dL and 36%, respectively.

Review her following prenatal labs at 28 weeks’ gestation: Hgb: 10.5 gm/dL Hct: 32% Blood type: B GBS: Positive Based on this data, what is the appropriate nursing action?

Congenital disorders refer to conditions that are present at birth.

These disorders may be inherited and caused by environmental factors or maternal malnutrition.

Toxic exposures have the greatest effect on development between 15 and 60 days of gestation.

For the nurse to be able to conduct a complete assessment of the newly pregnant patient, she should understand the significance of exposure to known human teratogens.

These include (Select all that apply.)

The most common cause of decreased variability in the FHR that lasts 20 minutes or less is:

The nurse caring for the laboring woman should understand that early decelerations are caused by: