After the nurse completes nutritional counseling for a pregnant woman, she asks the client to repeat the instructions to assess the client’s understanding.

Which statement indicates that the client understands the role of protein in her pregnancy?

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

The nurse teaches a pregnant woman about the presumptive, probable, and positive signs of pregnancy.

The woman demonstrates understanding of the nurse’s instructions if she states that a positive sign of pregnancy is:

A patient is admitted to the Labor & Delivery unit at 39 weeks.

She is 5/60/-2. After several hours she is at 5/70/-2. What can be given to help augment her labor?

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.)

A woman in labor has just received an epidural block.

The most important nursing intervention is to:

Which factor would alert the nurse that a pregnant woman is at risk for the development of toxoplasmosis?

This procedure allows us to identify fetal lie, presentation, and engagement:

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:

The fetal monitor tracing shown is associated with:

A new father wants to know what medication was put into his infant’s eyes and why it is needed.

How does the nurse explain the purpose of the erythromycin ophthalmic ointment?