The nurse working in a birthing center is assisting with pain management for a laboring woman at 18 weeks gestation. The fetus is born and the weight is 450 grams. The most appropriate term for a birth that occurs at this gestation is:
A) Stillbirth
B) Abortion
C) Neonatal death
D) Fetal loss
B
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A nurse administering oxytocin (Pitocin) to a client should monitor the client for which of the following? Select all that apply
A) Water intoxication B) Diarrhea C) Uterine rupture D) Headache E) Cardiac arrhythmias
A client comes to the clinic and informs the nurse that he feels as though he has allergies. What laboratory test results will be a positive indicator for an allergic disorder?
A) Radioallergosorbent blood test (RAST) of 3 B) WBC of 7000/mm3 C) Neutrophils 60% D) Eosinophils 6%
Which of the following skin changes is not normal in the elderly patient?
a. wounds take longer to heal b. lentigo senilis may occur on the hands and face c. the fingernails become thinner d. the number of sweat glands decreases
A client has had a surgical resection of an acoustic neuroma. The nurse's postoperative assessment should focus on:
1. Identifying damage to cranial nerves VII, IX, X, and XII. 2. Utilization of the House/Brackmann assessment scale. 3. Documenting complaints of tinnitus and dizziness. 4. Determining the degree of hearing loss.