Exam 22: Nursing Care of the Family During the Postpartum Period

What would prevent early discharge of a postpartum woman?

A woman gave birth 48 hours ago to a healthy infant girl.She has decided to bottle-feed.During your assessment,you notice that both of her breasts are swollen,warm,and tender on palpation.Which information should the nurse offer the woman?

Because a full bladder prevents the uterus from contracting normally,nurses intervene to help the woman empty her bladder spontaneously as soon as possible.Which would be the last intervention that the nurse would implement?

A 25-year-old multiparous woman gave birth to an infant boy 1 day ago.Today her husband brings a large container of brown seaweed soup to the hospital.When the nurse enters the room,the husband asks for help with warming the soup so that his wife can eat it.What is the basis of the nurse's most appropriate response?

Which is the primary influence for shorter postpartum hospital stays?

Which should the nurse be concerned about with regard to potential psychosocial complications during a 6-week postpartum mother and baby checkup? Select all that apply.Express answer in small letters,followed by a comma and a space-e.g. ,a,b,

A woman gave birth vaginally to a 4400 g girl yesterday.Her primary health care provider has written orders for perineal ice packs,use of a sitz bath TID,and a stool softener.What information is most closely correlated with these orders?

The laboratory results for a postpartum woman are as follows: blood type,A;Rh status,positive;rubella titre,1:8 (EIA 0.6);hematocrit,30%.How would the nurse best interpret these data?

Nursing care in the fourth trimester includes an important intervention sometimes referred to as taking the time to "mother the mother." What does this expression refer to?

A primiparous woman is to be discharged from the hospital tomorrow with her infant girl.Which behaviour indicates a need for further intervention by the nurse before the woman can be discharged?

If a woman is at risk for thrombus and is not ready to ambulate,which intervention should the nurse perform?

Which is true with regard to rubella and Rh issues?

A hospital has a number of different perineal pads available for use.A nurse is observed soaking several of them and writing down what she sees.What does this activity indicate that the nurse is doing?

Which finding could prevent early discharge of a newborn at 12 hours of age?

In combined maternity care,who shares the care of the infant with the mother?

Which woman should receive Rh immune globulin?

What is the most common cause of excessive blood loss after childbirth?

What is the most likely cause of postpartum hemorrhage in a 25-year-old multiparous woman (G3T2P0A0L2)who gave birth 4 hours ago to a 4300 g boy after augmentation of labour with oxytocin?

What is the correct time frame for an early discharge after a Caesarean birth?

When does planning for discharge officially begin?