The nurse is discussing a patient’s vaccination history at her 32-week gestation appointment.

The nurse knows that her teaching has been effective when the patient states:

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:

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:

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

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?

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

The nurse is caring for a laboring woman, G3 P2, who was examined 15 minutes ago.

Her cervix was 8 cm dilated and 90% effaced.

She now states she is feeling strong pressure in her rectum and wants to move her bowels.

Which of the following action should the nurse perform first?

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

The nurse should realize that the most common and potentially harmful maternal complication of epidural anesthesia is:

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?

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

Which is the first priority nursing action?