The nurse's role in diagnostic testing is to provide which of the following?
a. Advice to the couple
b. Information about the tests
c. Reassurance about fetal safety
d. Assistance with decision making
ANS: B
The nurse should provide the couple with all necessary information about a procedure so that the couple can make an informed decision. The nurse's role is to inform, not to advise. Ensuring fetal safety is not possible with all the diagnostic tests. To offer this is to give false reassurance to the parents. The nurse can inform the couple about potential problems so they can make an informed decision. Decision making should always lie with the couple involved. The nurse should provide information so that the couple can make an informed decision.
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