What important nursing action occurs right after the third stage ...

[cagreen833]

What important nursing action occurs right after the third stage of labor?
 
  A.
  Assess the placenta for complete expulsion.
  B.
  Assist the woman with effective pushing.
  C.
  Provide a lactation consultation if desired.
  D.
  Warm the baby and place it in an incubator.

Question 2

The nurse explains to the class of nursing students that umbilical cord clamping occurs at what time after birth?
 
  A.
  Immediately
  B.
  After 15 seconds
  C.
  After 30 to 60 seconds
  D.
  After 60 to 120 seconds

[duy1981999]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
The third stage of labor is the time between the birth of the baby until the complete delivery of the placenta. An important nursing action is to assure that the entire placenta has been delivered. There is no need to assist with pushing as the baby has already been born. This is a good time to facilitate bonding and to attempt breastfeeding if desired, but too early to initiate a lactation consultation. The stable baby should be placed on the mother's abdomen.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
For the term infant, cord clamping should be delayed for 60 to 120 seconds (or until cord pulsation ceases). This provides the infant with more blood volume, red blood cells, and hematopoietic cells than when the cord is clamped immediately. The oxygen-rich blood traveling through the cord allows the neonate additional time to adjust to the outside world and a new way of breathing.

[cagreen833]

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[duy1981999]

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