A client at 38-weeks gestation is admitted to the labor and delivery unit with complaints of decreased fetal movement. The client's cervix is dilated 1 cm, 20% effaced, and the fetus is at -3 station. What action should the nurse take first?

A client at 38-weeks gestation is admitted to the labor and delivery unit with complaints of decreased fetal movement. The client's cervix is dilated 1 cm, 20% effaced, and the fetus is at -3 station. What action should the nurse take first?

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.

A woman who delivered a 9-pound baby boy by cesarean section under spinal anesthesia is recovering in the post anesthesia care unit. Her fundus is firm, at the umbilicus, and a continuous trickle of bright red blood with no clots from the vagina is observed by the nurse. Which actions should the nurse implemented.