The nurse is working at a clinic for pregnant teens. What issues related to development will the nurse expect to encounter in most of the pregnant clients?
1. Peer pressure to stop using alcohol once pregnancy is diagnosed
2. Contraception failure that resulted in this pregnancy
3. The father of the baby's being emotionally supportive to the client
4. Feelings of not living up to parents' expectations
4
Explanation: 4. Pregnant teens face risk factors based on the developmental tasks of adolescence. One of these is developing an identity. If the adolescent feels she has not lived up to parental expectations by becoming pregnant, she could adopt a negative identity.
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A nurse notes fetal heart rate decelerations that appear to start just prior to a uterine contraction with the fetal heart rate returning to normal by the end of the contraction. How does the nurse document this finding?
A. Early deceleration B. Late deceleration C. Mild deceleration D. Variable deceleration
The most important component of the nursing process that precedes the nursing intervention and is prepared by the registered nurse is the ____________ ___________
ANS:
The physician has decided to induce labor with prostaglandin gel and an amniotomy. The nurse assures the patient that labor will probably start in:
a. 1 hour. b. 4 hours. c. 8 hours. d. 12 hours.
Just prior to the scheduled spirometry test, the nurse instructs a patient to (select all that apply):
1. not smoke. 2. use bronchodilator inhaler. 3. exercise a few minutes. 4. drink two glasses of fluid. 5. avoid eating.