The nurse is making a postpartum visit to a teenage mother and her month-old infant. Which of the following assessments would be most important?
a. Assessing for mother's ability to fulfill her own growth and development tasks
b. Assessing for mother's knowledge about normal infant growth and development
c. Assessing how much the teenage mother's own mother is helping her cope with child care
d. Assessing whether the baby's father is being helpful to the mother
ANS: B
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a. sitting or standing in order to breathe deeply and comfortably. b. complaining of sudden awakenings from sleep because of shortness of breath. c. complaining of pain in lower extremities. d. unable to respond to simple questions.
A woman is pregnant and has asthma. Her physician has told her to continue taking prednisone during pregnancy, but she is concerned the drug may be teratogenic. What advice would be best to give her regarding this?
A) Prednisone is considered safe in the doses prescribed by her physician. B) She should half her dose during the first 3 months of pregnancy. C) You would recommend she omit the drug during pregnancy. D) Prednisone is a teratogenic drug, but she may need it to control her asthma symptoms.
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What will be an ideal response?
The nurse was assessing the family style. What should the nurse particularly observe? Select all that apply
A. Approach to accomplishing daily household tasks B. Characteristic processes used to process information and solve problems C. Consistent patterns of behavior over time D. Demonstrations of affection between family members E. Extent to which family is open or closed to environmental factors F. Style of responding to emergency situations