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 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.

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?

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 is caring for a multiparous client who has been in labor for 12 hours. The client had a spontaneous vaginal delivery 2 years ago. This was an unplanned pregnancy with someone she only knew briefly. Since finding out she was pregnant, she has been alone. Her pain is now 8/10 and she is becoming fearful that something is wrong since she has been in labor so long.

Contractions assessment:

• Contractions every 3-4 minutes
• Palpating moderate in intensity
• Lasting 45-60 seconds Cervical exam: .3 cm
• 90% effaced . -2 station
• Fetus is in a cephalic presentation.

Which component of labor is keeping the client from advancing in labor?

The nurse is caring for a client in labor. Assessment reveals that the fetus is in a vertex presentation and at -4 station. What does the nurse determine as the position of the fetal head?

The nurse is caring for a client in labor receiving oxytocin. The client asks the nurse, "What is this medication for?" What is the best response by the nurse?

The nurse is caring for a client in labor. Assessment findings: The fetal heart rate (FHR) baseline is 120 bpm The FHR begins slowing as the contraction starts, and is back to baseline at the end of the contraction There is moderate variability of the FHR Which periodic change will the nurse document in the electronic health record?

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 palpates a postpartum client's fundus two hours after birth and finds it located to the right of midline and somewhat soft. What does the nurse understand about this information?

A nurse is planning home care for a 9-year-old child following an acute exacerbation of asthma. Which of the following of Erikson’s developmental stages should the nurse consider in the planning?