Exam 54: Female Reproductive Cycle II: Labor, Delivery, and Preterm Neonatal Drugs

The nurse is caring for an infant who is 2 days postpartum and notes that the infant has a poor sucking response.The nurse reviews the delivery record and will likely note that which drug was given to the mother during labor?

The nurse is caring for a woman who is in active labor and wants to receive a drug for severe pain immediately.Her intravenous line has just infiltrated.The nurse will perform which action?

The nurse is caring for a woman who is in early labor.The woman wants to avoid pain medications as long as possible.What will the nurse tell her?

The nurse is caring for a patient after the third stage of labor,and the provider orders 20 mg of oxytocin to be given intramuscularly.The nurse will explain to the patient that this drug for which purpose?

The nurse examines a primipara woman who has received an epidural block.The woman's cervix has been dilated at 5 cm for an hour after having shown steady progression earlier.The nurse will notify the provider and anticipate a need for

The nurse is caring for a woman who is in labor.The woman is anxious and reports increasing nausea after receiving an opioid analgesic medication.The nurse will contact the provider and request an order for which intravenous medication?

The nurse prepares to assist with beractant (Survanta)administration to an infant who is intubated and mechanically ventilated.After removing the drug from the refrigerator,the nurse will perform which action?

The nurse administers meperidine (Demerol)to a woman who is in early labor.Immediately after the drug is given,the woman's labor progresses quickly,and she delivers her infant.The nurse will monitor the infant closely for which condition?

The nurse is caring for a multipara woman during labor who has requested an epidural block.The nurse will tell the patient that the epidural block will be given when her cervix is dilated

The nurse is assisting with placement of epidural anesthesia for a woman who is in labor.To help prevent maternal hypotension,which is the nurse's initial action?

The nurse is preparing a woman who is in labor for a lumbar epidural and explains that she will receive a continuous infusion of epidural anesthesia.She asks what will happen if that isn't effective.What response by the nurse is correct?