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The nurse is developing a presentation for a community group of young adults discussing fetal development and pregnancy. The nurse would identify that the sex of offspring is determined at the time of:  

A 33-week-gestation infant has just been born. The child’s heartbeat is not audible.   Which of the following is the priority nursing intervention?                            

Order:   IVF   D5W 0.9%  NS   Infuse 600 mL over 4 hrs.  Available:  5W 0.9% NS 1000 mL. What is the rate (mL/hr) to infuse the primary IVF on a pump?  

The nurse notes persistent early decelerations on the fetal monitoring strip. Which of the following would the nurse do next?

Which of the following would the nurse expect to assess in a newborn who develops sepsis?  

A nurse examining a prenatal patient recognizes a lag in progression of measurements of fundal height from month to month and week to week could signal:      

The nurse notes persistent early decelerations on the fetal monitoring strip. Which of the following would the nurse do next?

Which of the following would the nurse expect to assess in a newborn who develops sepsis?  

During a non-stress test, when monitoring the fetal heart rate, the nurse notes that when the expectant mother reports fetal movement, the heart rate increases 15 beats or more above the baseline. The nurse interprets this as:  

A woman who gave birth 24 hours ago tells the nurse, “I’ve been urinating so much over the past several hours.” Which response by the nurse would be most appropriate?