Case Study  You are the nurse working in a gynecologic clinic. You are providing contraceptive counseling for a 36 year old G3P2012. She hasn’t been sexually active for the past year, but has met someone and is interested in starting contraceptives again.   Pertinent medical history: 1. History of gestational diabetes 2. History of Cesarean section (first delivery) 3. Currently vaping (with nicotine) 4. Factor V Leiden  5. Migraine with aura The patient asks you why estrogen containing contraceptives are contraindicated for her. You provide the following education: 

What is the nursing assessment for the “power” of labor?

You are a postpartum RN caring for a couplet.  The mother is A- and the newborn is O-.  This mother should be given Rhogam within 72 hours of delivery.  True or false?

You are a triage RN when you receive report from an ambulance that a G1P0 at 29 weeks gestation is on the way into the hospital. She has bright red vaginal bleeding. That is all they are able to tell you over the phone. What could be happening? SATA 

You are a NICU RN caring for a term 12 hour neonate transferred to the NICU immediately after birth due to poor APGARs and abnormal neurological signs and symptoms.  The mother had no prenatal care records available and labs are pending on the mother. You notice a “blueberry muffin” appearance of the neonate, meaning the neonate has lesions on his face and trunk. Which infectious disease do you suspect the pregnant person was exposed to during pregnancy? 

Case Study 1.1 You are the nurse caring for a 34 year old G1P0 at 41 weeks gestation. She is being induced due to gestational hypertension. The induction is starting with cytotec (misoprostol).  Interpret the following tracing: 

A Latin work meaning “torchlight procession”: 

  Burial mounds: 

Father of American embalming: 

A chamber of a mausoleum of sufficient size, generally used to contain the casketed remains of a deceased person: