The nurse is assigned to a patient with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) about to undergo his first round of chemotherapy. The patient’s WBC is 120,000/uL and his LDH is 3 times the upper limit of normal. Which intervention is most important?

The 59-year-old female reports vaginal bleeding. She experienced menarche at 12 years of age and menopause at 56. Endometrial carcinoma is found with endometrial biopsy. Further testing reveals no lymph node involvement or metastasis. The nurse prepares the patient for which initial therapy?  

The nurse is called to assist with a 25-year-old G1P0 female with a viable intrauterine pregnancy at 40-weeks gestational age. Patient is already in the second stage of labor and quickly delivers a vigorous, healthy infant without complications. The neonate is placed skin-to-skin with mom and latches well to breastfeed but becomes acutely cyanotic after two minutes of eating. Once separated from the breast, the baby begins to cry, and the cyanosis resolves. Which of the following interventions by the nurse is most appropriate?