The nurse assesses a clients monitor strip and finds the following: uterine contractions every 34 minutes, lasting 6070 seconds; FHR baseline 134146 bpm, with accelerations to 158 bpm with fetal movement. Which nursing intervention is appropriate?
Prior to administering digoxin to a client with congestive heart failure, the nurse needs to assess:
The predominant purpose of the first Apgar scoring of a newborn is to:
A female client at 36 weeks gestation has been treated successfully for premature labor for 4 weeks. She has begun having uterine contractions today and has been admitted to the labor and delivery suite. Her amniocentesis results reveal a lecithin/sphingomyelin (L/S) ratio of 2 and positive phosphatidylglycerol (PG).These lab values indicate:
The nurse would be sure to instruct a client on the signs and symptoms of an eye infection and hemorrhage. These signs and symptoms would include:
A 25-year-old client believes she may be pregnant with her first child. She schedules an obstetric examination with the nurse practitioner to determine the status of her possible pregnancy. Her last menstrual period began May 20, and her estimated date of confinement using Ngeles rule is:
