What assessments should the nurse provide post-delivery?

You are the charge nurse working in labor and delivery at a local hospital. D.H. comes to the unit h Show more You are the charge nurse working in labor and delivery at a local hospital. D.H. comes to the unit having contractions and feeling somewhat uncomfortable. You take her to the intake room to provide privacy have her change into a gown and ask her three initial questions to determine your next course of actionthat is whether to do a vaginal examination or to continue asking her more questions. 1. List the stages of labor and tell which stage D. H. is in and why you put her in this stage. 2. Decelerations occur in an early variable or late pattern. What is the significance of each and what nursing care should your provide for each. 3. D. H. delivers a male infant vaginally with in an episiotomy. What is the immediate care that should be provided to the newborn? 4. The episiotomy and repaired and the placenta is delivered. What are the signs that the placenta has released from the uterine wall? 5. What assessments should the nurse provide post-delivery? Show less