A patient is recovering from a standard delivery. The nurse has just removed the epidural catheter and applied a sterile pressure dressing. What is it important for the nurse to do now?
A) Assess return of sensory and motor functions to the lower extremities
B) Help the patient to get up and walk around immediately
C) Let the patient rest and recover while keeping her legs slightly elevated
D) Make sure that the patient receives plenty of fluids
Ans: A
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A) 5 to 10 minutes after drug administration B) 10 to 15 minutes after drug administration C) 30 to 60 minutes after drug administration D) Before drug administration E) 60 to 90 minutes after drug administration
An older patient with a change in mental status is clenching the jaw closed to avoid taking a prescribed oral medication. The patient is demonstrating the motor function of which cranial nerve?
A) Trigeminal B) Facial C) Glossopharyngeal D) Vagus
The nurse providing care for the laboring woman should understand that late fetal heart rate (FHR) decelerations are the result of:
a. Altered cerebral blood flow. c. Uteroplacental insufficiency. b. Umbilical cord compression. d. Meconium fluid.
Nursing activities that promote parent-infant attachment are many and varied. One activity that should not be overlooked is management of the environment. While providing routine mother-baby care, the nurse should ensure that:
a. The baby is able to return to the nursery at night so that the new mother can sleep. b. Routine times for care are established to reassure the parents. c. The father should be encouraged to go home at night to prepare for mother-baby discharge. d. An environment that fosters as much privacy as possible should be created.