A client at 38-weeks gestation is admitted to the labor and delivery unit with complaints of severe abdominal pain and bright red vaginal bleeding. The client's blood pressure is 160/110 mm Hg, and the fetal heart rate is 120 beats per minute. What action should the nurse take first?

A client at 38-weeks gestation is admitted to the labor and delivery unit with complaints of severe abdominal pain and bright red vaginal bleeding. The client's blood pressure is 160/110 mm Hg, and the fetal heart rate is 120 beats per minute. 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 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 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.