The maternity nurse understands that as the uterus contracts during labor, maternal-fetal exchange of oxygen and waste products:

When planning the care for a laboring woman whose membranes have ruptured, the nurse recognizes that the woman’s risk for has increased.

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:

A primigravida at 39 weeks of gestation is observed for 2 hours in the intrapartum unit.

The fetal heart rate has been normal.

Contractions are 10 to 15 minutes apart, 20 to 30 seconds in duration, and of mild intensity.

Cervical dilation is 1 to 2 cm and uneffaced (unchanged from admission). Membranes are intact.

The nurse should expect the woman to be:

The nurse caring for a client in labor observes the external fetal monitor tracing showing that there are accelerations with moderate variability.

Which of the following actions is most appropriate?

A physician writes the following order: administer ampicillin 1 g IV every 4 hours until delivery for a newly admitted client with ruptured membranes.

The client had positive vaginal and rectal cultures for GBS+ at 36 weeks gestation.

Which of the following is a rationale for this order?

The nurse caring for the laboring woman should know that meconium is produced by:

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

A multipara in latent phase of labor experiences spontaneous rupture of membranes while walking.

Which is the first priority nursing action?

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?

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: