The nurse is telling a new client how advanced technology has permitted the physician to do which of the following?

1. Treat the fetus and monitor fetal development.
2. Deliver at home with a nurse-midwife and doula.
3. Have the father present as the coach and cut the umbilical cord.
4. Breastfeed a new baby on the delivery table.


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Explanation: 1. The fetus is increasingly viewed as a patient separate from the mother, although treatment of the fetus necessarily involves the mother.

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