A new mother, who recently gave birth to a full-term infant, expresses concerns about caring for her newborn once discharged from the hospital. As the nurse, what community resources would you recommend to support the mother and her newborn?

When caring for a newborn several hours after birth, the nurse assess their respiratory rate. The nurse validates that the normal respiratory range for a healthy newborn should be?

A client experiencing homelessness arrives in labor and states she has not received prenatal care. What is the nurse’s priority action?

When providing care to a client, the nurse utilizes a family-centered nursing approach. What is the rationale for this nursing action?

An adult client asks appropriate questions and understands written materials related to self-administering home insulin when being discharged from the hospital. Which of the below options correctly identifies this learning domain? 

The nurse wants to encourage an 8 year old to drink fluids. Which of the following is the best method?

An infant is to have erythromycin ointment applied to his eyes to prevent opthalmia neonatorum.  Erythromycin is prescribed in this manner for which effect?

The nurse instructs the parents of a circumcised newborn about circumcision care.  The nurse confirms that learning has occurred when the parents teach back what to the nurse?

The nurse is educating a caregiver about  newborn bowel patterns. The nurse has demonstrated proper education regarding meconium when they state:

A client is admitted in active labor.  Using Leopold’s maneuver the nurse locates the fetal heart tones in the upper left quadrant of the client’s abdomen.  How would the nurse interpret these assessment findings?