Nursing Interventions for Lochia

(select all that apply) A nurse is teaching a breastfeeding client about engorgement prevention and management.

What should the nurse include in the teaching?

A nurse is educating a postpartum client about resuming sexual intercourse after delivery.

What information should the nurse provide to the client?

A nurse is assessing a client who is 2 days postpartum.

Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?

A nurse is caring for a client who is 4 days postpartum and has a vaginal birth with an episiotomy.

The client reports that her perineal area is sore and asks the nurse what she can do to relieve the discomfort.

Which of the following responses should the nurse make?

A nurse is caring for a client who is 5 days postpartum and has a vaginal birth with an episiotomy.

The client reports that she has pain in her perineal area and asks the nurse what she can do to relieve the discomfort.

A nurse is caring for a client who is 5 days postpartum and has a vaginal birth with an episiotomy.

The client reports that she has pain in her perineal area and asks the nurse what she can do to relieve the discomfort.

Which of the following responses should the nurse make?

A nurse is caring for a client who is 1 week postpartum and has a vaginal birth with an episiotomy.

The client reports that she has pain in her perineal area and asks the nurse what she can do to relieve the discomfort.

Which of the following responses should the nurse make?

A nurse is assessing the amount, color, odor, consistency, and presence of clots or tissue in the lochia of a postpartum client.

Which of the following findings should the nurse report as abnormal?

A nurse is caring for a postpartum client who has a boggy uterus.

Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A nurse is assessing a postpartum client’s lochia and notes that it has an unpleasant odor.

Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A nurse is caring for a postpartum client who reports heavy bleeding and large clots in her lochia.

Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A nurse is teaching a postpartum client about lochia and when to report abnormal findings.

Which of the following statements by the client indicates an understanding of the teaching?