Exam 6: Nursing Care of Mother and Infant During Labor and Birth

What are the advantages of a free-standing birth center? Select all that apply.

To relieve perineal bruising and edema following delivery the nurse should:

After the pregnant woman is admitted to the labor suite, the nurse assesses the position of the infant as ROA; this means that the infant's head is _________ __________ _________.

What do late decelerations indicate? Select all that apply.

The nurse would coach the laboring woman with a fully dilated cervix to push by saying:

One hour postdelivery the nurse notes the new mother has saturated three perineal pads. The nurse should:

At a prenatal visit, a primigravida asks the nurse how she will know her labor has started. The nurse instructs the woman that the beginning of true labor is indicated by:

The nurse observes on the fetal monitor a pattern of a 15-beat increase in the fetal heart rate that lasts 15 to 20 seconds. The nurse knows that this pattern is indicative of:

While caring for a laboring woman, the nurse notices a pattern of variable decelerations in fetal heart rate with uterine contractions. The nurse's initial action is to:

The nurse formulates a nursing diagnosis for a woman in the fourth stage of labor. The most appropriate nursing diagnosis is:

The nurse explains that the function of contractions during the second stage of labor is to:

When late decelerations occur, the nurse should:

Using a diagram, the nurse demonstrates the sequence of the mechanisms of labor. Place the seven mechanisms of labor in sequential order. a. Extension b. Engagement c. Descent d. Flexion e. Expulsion f. Internal rotation g. External rotation