maternity mid course study plan

Which clinical finding does the nurse expect when assessing a client with abruptio placentae? -flaccid uterus -painless bleeding -board like abdomen -bright red bleeding

-board like abdomen

The nurse is assessing a newborn in the birthing room. Which finding indicates that a newborn has failed to make the appropriate adaptation to extrauterine life?

central cyanosis

On the first day after a mastectomy, a nurse encourages the client to perform exercises such as flexion and extension of the fingers and pronation and supination of the hand. The client asks why she has to do these exercises. What is the bestresponse by the nurse?

help stimulate peripheral circulation

What does the nurse expect the size of a newborn to be if the mother had inadequately controlled type 1 diabetes during her pregnancy?

large for gestational age, near term

Carboprost Contraindications

ppl with asthma bc of its respiratory side effects of coughing and dyspnea

A client's membranes rupture during labor. The nurse immediately assesses the electronic fetal heart rate. Variable decelerations lasting more than 90 seconds, followed by bradycardia, are observed on the monitoring strip. Which physiologic finding does the nurse suspect is the cause of this abrupt change?

prolapsed cord

carboprost

promotes contractions and used for hemorrhage se is hypertension fever diarrhea

A resident primary healthcare provider in the birthing unit asks the nurse to prepare for a vaginal examination on a client with a low-lying placenta who is in early labor. What is the priority nursing action at this time?

vaginal exam should not be performed may cause separation of the placenta, resulting in hemorrhage. The nurse should discuss the situation with the resident, away from the client, because it is imperative that a vaginal examination not be performed without preparation for a cesarean birth.