The clinic nurse is explaining to a new prenatal client that the certified nurse–midwife will be performing clinical pelvimetry as a part of the pelvic exam

Question

The nurse knows that teaching has been successful if the client states, "The certified nurse–midwife will perform this examination because: 1. "It will help understand how big a baby I can have."
2. "Doing this exam is a part of prenatal care at this clinic."
3. "My sister had both of her babies by cesarean."
4. "I am pregnant with my first child."

Answer 1

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Rationale:
1. Clinical pelvimetry is an estimate of the diameter of the pelvis the baby fits through during birth. The estimated size of the pelvis helps estimate what size fetus the client can deliver vaginally.
2. Although this is a true statement, the estimation of the pelvis to estimate how big a fetus the client can vaginally deliver is more important.
3. No information is known about why the client's sister had her babies by cesarean. Clinical pelvimetry is performed to estimate how big a fetus the client can vaginally deliver.
4. Clinical pelvimetry is performed to estimate how big a fetus the client can vaginally deliver.