The nurse is caring for a client at 42 weeks' gestation arriving for an induction of labor. The provider is planning to use dinoprostone (Cervidil) vaginal insert for cervical ripening. What is the nurse's priority prior to insertion?

The nurse is admitting a pregnant client into the labor and delivery unit. Which findings indicate the client is in the latent phase of the first stage of labor? Select all that apply.

The nurse assesses a laboring client's cervix and states it is 6 cm dilated and 70% effaced.
The client asks what it means to be effaced. Which descriptions will the nurse include when responding to the client? Select all that apply.

The nurse assesses the postpartum client's fundal height and tone in the first 24 hours. Which action will the nurse take to correctly assess the uterine fundus?

IV calculations: (rate-mL/h and gtt/min)

.IV rate calculations will be rounded to nearest whole number.

• Adult calculations: the calculation will be rounded to the nearest tenth Drug Calculation safety considerations:
• Examples:
  • 5 must be answered as 0.5
  • 5.0 must be answered as 5
• To promote safety, a zero must be placed to the left of the decimal point in answers that are less than one. No zero is allowed to the right of the decimal point in answers that are whole numbers. Labeling is not necessary

Question

The physician ordered oxytocin 20 units in 1000 mL. LR to begin at 2 mU/min. What is the flow rate in mL/hr?

The nurse is caring for a client in labor and discovers late decelerations of the fetal heart rate.
What does the nurse know as the reason for this type of deceleration?

The nurse is caring for a laboring client with early decelerations and a fetal heart rate baseline of 130 with moderate variability. What will the nurse do for this client?

The nurse takes a phone call from a client at two weeks postpartum. The client states, "My left breast hurts." What other question will the nurse ask her to determine if it is mastitis?

The nurse is assisting a pregnant patient into bed after the patient reports a gush of fluid from the vagina. Which action will the nurse take first?

The nurse is caring for a client during a vaginal exam by the provider. The provider informs the client that he will use the most common mechanical method to ripen her cervix prior to induction of labor. What is the method being used by the provider?

IV calculations: (rate-mL/h and gtt/min)

IV rate calculations will be rounded to nearest whole number.

.Adult calculations: the calculation will be rounded to the nearest tenth.

.Drug Calculation safety considerations:

• Examples:
  • 5 must be answered as 0.5
  • 5.0 must be answered as 5

To promote safety, a zero must be placed to the left of the decimal point in answers that are less than one. No zero is allowed to the right of the decimal point in answers that are whole numbers. Labeling is not necessary.

Question

The nurse is caring for a client in preterm labor. The physician orders magnesium sulfate to stop her contractions. The order reads 30 grams magnesium sulfate in 1000 mL of mL/hr DSW to infuse at 2 grams/hr. What will be the flow rate in mL/hr?