Exam 10: Nursing Care of Women With Complications Following Birth

The nurse instructs the postpartum patient that her nutritional intake should include which food(s)particularly supportive to healing? (Select all that apply. )

A postpartum patient is experiencing hypovolemic shock.What interventions can the nurse anticipate? (Select all that apply. )

What is the best response to a postpartum woman who tells the nurse she feels "tired and sick all of the time since I had the baby 3 months ago"?

Three weeks after delivering her first child,a woman tells the nurse,"I waited so long for this baby and now that she is here,I can't believe how different my life is from what I expected." What is the best nursing response to the woman's statement?

A nurse is discussing risk factors for postpartum shock with a childbirth preparation class.What will the nurse include in this education session? (Select all that apply. )

During a postpartum assessment,a woman reports her right calf is painful.The nurse observes edema and redness along the saphenous vein in the right lower leg.Based on this finding,what does the nurse explain the probable treatment will involve?

A woman has had persistent lochia rubra for 2 weeks after her delivery and is experiencing pelvic discomfort.What does the nurse explain is the usual treatment for subinvolution?

After a prolonged labor,a woman vaginally delivered a 10-pound,3-ounce infant boy.What complication should the nurse be alert for in the immediate postpartum period?

What should the nurse's first action be when postpartum hemorrhage from uterine atony is suspected?

A woman is prescribed Coumadin (warfarin)to treat deep vein thrombosis.What will the nurse instruct this woman is the antidote for warfarin overdose?

Massage and putting the infant to the breast of a postpartum patient have been ineffective in controlling a boggy uterus.What will the nurse anticipate might be ordered by the physician?