The nurse is planning to complete the following assessments during the last half hour of the shift. Which of the following assessments has the highest priority and should be accomplished first? 1. A...

The nurse is planning to complete the following assessments during the last half hour of the shift. Which of the following assessments has the highest priority and should be accomplished first?

1. A postpartum couplet with the infant who has had transient tachypnea of the newborn (TTN) at birth and now has a respiratory rate of 60 breaths/min.

2. A newly admitted postpartum client who is receiving magnesium sulfate at 3 g an hour initiated 10 hours ago for preeclampsia; her infant ate poorly previously and has not eaten for 4 hours.

3. A mother who had a cesarean section and is 6 hours after birth with the baby in special care nursery; the mother has not yet seen her baby.

4. A couplet with baby born at 36 weeks' gestation; the 5-lb (2,268-g) infant had initial blood glucose of 35 mg/dL (1.9 mmol/L) and when taken to the room had a glucose of 46 mg/dL (2.6 mmol/L).