When assessing fetal heart rate patterns, which finding would alert the nurse
to a possible problem?
Prolonged decelerations
A maternal health nurse is triaging a pregnant woman who reports vaginal
bleeding. Which question by the nurse will best assess the client's condition?
"How many times have you changed sanitary napkins?"
The client may spend the latent phase of the first stage of labor at home unless
this occurs.
The client experiences a rupture of membranes
A labour & delivery nurse knows that when assessing a woman's contraction
pattern, it is important to include which of the following?
Frequency
Duration
Intensity
At what time is the labouring client encouraged to push?
When the cervix is fully dilated
A client states that "she thinks" her water has broken. Which best confirms the
rupture of membranes?
A positive atrazine test
The nurse is notifying the health care provider that a client at 32 weeks'
gestation reports bleeding. How best would the nurse report the data?
"The client has saturated 3 sanitary napkins in the past 4 hours"
At which time interval will the nurse assess the fetal heart rate of pregnant
clients who are in the early active phase of labor?
to a possible problem?
Prolonged decelerations
A maternal health nurse is triaging a pregnant woman who reports vaginal
bleeding. Which question by the nurse will best assess the client's condition?
"How many times have you changed sanitary napkins?"
The client may spend the latent phase of the first stage of labor at home unless
this occurs.
The client experiences a rupture of membranes
A labour & delivery nurse knows that when assessing a woman's contraction
pattern, it is important to include which of the following?
Frequency
Duration
Intensity
At what time is the labouring client encouraged to push?
When the cervix is fully dilated
A client states that "she thinks" her water has broken. Which best confirms the
rupture of membranes?
A positive atrazine test
The nurse is notifying the health care provider that a client at 32 weeks'
gestation reports bleeding. How best would the nurse report the data?
"The client has saturated 3 sanitary napkins in the past 4 hours"
At which time interval will the nurse assess the fetal heart rate of pregnant
clients who are in the early active phase of labor?
