Exam 8: Nursing Care of Women with Complications During Labor and Birth

A woman 2 weeks past her expected delivery date who is receiving an oxytocin infusion to induce labor begins to have contractions every 90 seconds. The nurse's initial action should be to:

A new mother is distressed and tearful about the elevated dome over her infant's posterior fontanelle. The nurse's best response is, "This condition will resolve itself in a few days. It is caused by:

Following an amniotomy, the umbilical cord becomes compressed. The nurse prepares the patient for an instillation of a bolus of warm sterile saline into the uterus, which is called ____________________.

When a labor dysfunction due to decreased uterine muscle tone occurs in a patient who is dilated to 5 cm with membranes intact, the nurse informs the patient that the physician most likely will:

During a strenuous labor, the woman asks for some pain remedy for the sudden pain between her scapulae that seems to occur with every breath she takes. The nurse should:

The nurse explains to the patient who is threatening preterm labor that glucocorticoids are given prior to delivery in order to:

What is(are) the rationales for labor induction? Select all that apply.

Several hours after delivery the nurse finds a woman crying. The woman says repeatedly, "My baby is beautiful, but I was planning on a vaginal delivery. Instead I needed an emergency C-section." The most appropriate nursing diagnosis is:

What complication(s) of overstimulation of uterine contractions may occur? Select all that apply.

Which intervention(s) could a nurse apply to help stimulate contractions? Select all that apply.