A client at 37-weeks gestation is admitted to the labor and delivery unit with regular contractions every 3 minutes. The client's cervix is dilated 4 cm, 80% effaced, and the fetus is at -1 station. The client reports feeling dizzy and lightheaded. What action should the nurse take first?

A client at 37-weeks gestation is admitted to the labor and delivery unit with regular contractions every 3 minutes. The client's cervix is dilated 4 cm, 80% effaced, and the fetus is at -1 station. The client reports feeling dizzy and lightheaded. What action should the nurse take first?

A 39-week gestational multigravida is admitted to labor and delivery spontaneous rupture of membranes and contraction occurring 2 to 3 minutes. A vaginal exam indicates that the cervix is dilated 6cm, 90% effaced and the fetus is at a +2 station. During the last 45 minutes the fetal heart rate has ranged between 170 and 180 beats/minute. What action should the nurse implement?

A client who is 3 weeks postpartum tells the nurse. 'I am so tired all the time. I didn't know having a baby would be so hard.' What response should the nurse provide.

One hour after delivery the nurse is unable to palpate the uterine fundus of a client who had an epidural and notes a large amount of lochia on the perineal pad. The nurse massages at the umbilicus and obtains current vital signs. Which intervention should the nurse implement next.

Which action should the nurse take if an infant, who was born yesterday weighing 7.5 lbs (3,317 grams), weights 7 lbs. (3,175 grams) today.