The clinic nurse explains to Margaret, a newly diagnosed pregnant woman at 10 weeks gestation, that her rubella titer indicates that she is not immune. Margaret should be advised to:
Select all answers that apply:
A) Avoid contact with all children
B) Be retested in 3 months
C) Receive the rubella vaccine postpartum
D) Report signs/symptoms of fever, runny nose and generalized red rash to the health care provider
C, D
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What will be an ideal response?
A client tells the nurse that his pain was not relieved even when he took more of a prescribed medication. The nurse realizes that the client most likely was taking which of the following medications?
a. NSAIDs c. Codeine b. Morphine d. Hydromorphone (Dilaudid)
A nurse who tells family members the sex of a newborn baby without first consulting the parents would be considered having committed:
1. Breach of privacy. 2. Negligence. 3. Malpractice. 4. A breach of ethics.
The patient at term has a suspected small pelvis. The fetus has an estimated weight of 4,200 g (9 pounds, 4 ounces). Spontaneous labor has begun, and the patient is now at 6 cm
The nurse understands that the most important nursing action for this patient is to: 1. Assist the patient to squat during the second stage. 2. Encourage oral fluids and carbohydrate intake. 3. Assess the cervix for change every eight hours. 4. Inform the couple that labor might be prolonged.