Exam 55: Postpartum and Newborn Drugs

The nurse provides teaching for a postpartal woman who will take bisacodyl tablets to help with constipation.What information will the nurse include when teaching this patient about this medication?

The nurse is caring for a postpartum woman who has chosen not to breastfeed her infant.She asks why she cannot use drugs to suppress lactation.Which response by the nurse is correct?

When teaching a postpartal patient about the use of mineral oil as a laxative,the nurse will explain that mineral oil

The nurse is instructing a nursing student who will administer erythromycin ophthalmic ointment and phytonadione (vitamin K)injection to a newborn infant.The nurse will instruct the student to perform which action?

The nurse is caring for a newborn infant whose mother is HBsAg-negative.The nurse expects to give the infant

The nurse is caring for a postpartal woman and reviews the following lab results in her medical record: HBsAg-negative,rubella titer less than 1:8/1:10,Rh-negative with Rh-positive infant.Which injections will the nurse expect to be ordered?

A woman who has just delivered her infant observes the nurse administering ophthalmic ointment into her infant's eyes,and she asks why this is being done.The nurse will explain that this ointment is given for which purpose?

The nurse has just administered Rh?(D)immune globulin (RhoGAM)to a postpartal woman.What information will the nurse include when teaching this patient?

A woman who is 2 months pregnant tells the nurse that she has never received the MMR vaccine and has not had these diseases.She has a 3-year-old and a 5-year-old child who have not been immunized.The nurse will counsel the patient to perform which action?

The nurse tells a postpartal woman that her baby will need hepatitis B vaccine.The mother says she does not want her baby to have a shot and refuses to sign the consent.The nurse will

The nurse is caring for a postpartal patient who has just delivered her first baby by caesarean section.The mother's blood type is Rh-negative,and the infant's blood type is Rh-positive.The provider has ordered human D immune globulin (RhoGAM).The nurse understands that this patient will need