Test Bank For Davis Advantage for Maternal-Newborn Nursing Critical Components

A multiparous patient reports severe uterine cramps the first day after a vaginal delivery. The nurse is aware the patient is breastfeeding and associates the patient’s pain primarily with which occurrence? 1. The efforts of the uterus to return to a prepregnancy condition 2. The presence of intense afterbirth pains related to multiparity 3. An expected response to the daily administration of oxytocin 4. An increase in oxytocin release related to the newborn suckling 2. The nurse is palpating a patient’s uterus 12 hours after a vaginal delivery. For which reason does the nurse place one hand just above the symphysis pubis? 1. To prevent uterine prolapse 2. To prevent uterine inversion 3. To prevent uterine hemorrhage 4. To prevent uterine movement