A nursing instructor asks a group of students, What should be included in the teaching plan for a ...

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The nursing instructor would recognize that further teaching is required if the student responded: temperature of bath water; monitoring of blood glucose and sodium levels; and techniques for effective breast feeding of the newborn. The focus should be on what the mother needs to know about the Pitocin. Therefore, the teaching plan would include an explanation about the medication and reasons for use; reactions to expect; route of administration and the rate; monitoring of the fetal heart rate and contractions (including frequency, intensity, and resting tone); monitoring of the maternal blood pressure, pulse, and temperature; expected outcome; and that expectations may vary according to the Bishop score and other maternal-fetal factors.