Case Study, Chapter 46, Uterine Drugs Stella Stevens is a 25-year-old African American woman. She is admitted to the lab

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Case Study, Chapter 46, Uterine Drugs Stella Stevens is a 25-year-old African American woman. She is admitted to the lab

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Case Study, Chapter 46, Uterine Drugs
Stella Stevens is a 25-year-old African American woman. She is admitted to the labor and delivery floor of the hospital to give birth to her first child. She is preeclamptic, and the physician has ordered her to receive oxytocin (Pitocin) IV to induce labor. (Learning Objectives 1, 2, 4)
Before the nurse starts the IV oxytocin (Pitocin), what information should be obtained from Mrs. Stevens?
Once the oxytocin (Pitocin) is started IV, for what adverse effects should the nurse monitor Mrs. Stevens?
Under what circumstances should the nurse notify the physician during the oxytocin (Pitocin) infusion?
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