For a patient in active labor, the physician plans to place an internal fetal electronic monitor. What must occur before the internal monitor can be placed?

Maintaining neonatal body temperature reduces

A nurse is making a home-visit to a postpartum patient. The patient delivered 10 days ago via vaginal birth. The patient’s vital signs are: Temp. 98.9F, Pulse 80 bpm, respiratory rate 19 breaths/min, BP 110/72. The nurses also makes the following notes:  Breasts: soft, non-tender, no cracks/blisters noted. Uterus: Fundus firm, midline, 5 cm below umbilicus Bladder: no difficulty voiding, urine clear with no odor Bowels: normoactive, last BM yesterday Lochia: Serosa scant Extremities: homan’s sign neg., no warmth, redness or swelling.  Which finding indicates delayed involution?

Fertilization is expected to take place at which of the following sites?

The nurse is preparing a postpartum patient for discharge. For which reason does the nurse instruct the patient to call the primary care provider? (Select all that apply)

After the third stage of labor is complete, which of the following maternal hormones will increase sharply at this time? 

The nurse is conducting a nutrition class to a group of newly pregnant women at the pregnancy and resource center. Which discussing food choices, which of the following foods should the nurse advise to avoid during pregnancy?

The nurse is caring for a patient diagnosed with breast cancer. The patient underwent an axillary lymph node dissection. What intervention does the nurse take to decrease the risk of lymphedema? 

After receiving shift report in the well-newborn nursery, the nurse should see which newborn first?

A 7lb 8oz neonate was born vaginally at 40 weeks’ gestation. At 5 minutes of life the neonate has the following signs: heart rate 115 bpm, acrocyanosis, some flexion of the arms and legs, weak response to stimulation, and a weak cry. The 5 minute APGAR for this neonate is _________. (Fill in the blank with the number)