Pitocin is used for which of the following reasons in the L&D unit: (Select all that apply)

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:

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?

When administering Pitocin, you should start at a low dose and work your way up slowly to a dose that provides the best contraction rate.

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?

When discussing work and travel during pregnancy with a pregnant patient, nurses should instruct them that.

As relates to the structure and function of the placenta, the nurse should be aware that.

A woman who is 14 weeks pregnant tells the nurse that she always had a glass of wine with dinner before she became pregnant.

She has abstained during her first trimester and would like to know if it is safe for her to have a drink with dinner now.

The nurse would tell her:

The slight overlapping of cranial bones or shaping of the fetal head during labor is called: