You are caring for a client who tells you that she has hired a woman to assist her through labor, delivery, and the first 2 weeks postpartum. The nurse hypothesizes that the pregnant woman has hired which of the following?
a. Mentor c. Preceptor
b. Doula d. Nanny
B
A doula is a woman who is employed by the pregnant woman to assist her through labor, delivery, and sometimes the first 2 weeks postpartum. The doula may be trained and certified, or she may have no clinical training but be able to reinforce breathing techniques and provide massage or other non-pharmacologic methods of pain relief.
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A) SMZ and TMP are weakly bactericidal when given alone but strongly bactericidal in combination. B) SMZ is necessary to potentiate the effects of TMP on bacterial replication. C) TMP mitigates the profound adverse effects that result when SMZ is given alone. D) SMZ affects gram-positive bacteria and TMP affects gram-negative bacteria.
The anatomy and physiology instructor is explaining a cell-mediated response to the pre-nursing students. What actions would the instructor explain occur in a cell-mediated response?
A) Toxins of invading antigens are neutralized. B) The invading antigens link together (agglutination). C) The invading antigens precipitate. D) T-cell lymphocytes survey proteins in the body and attack the invading antigens.
Your client is lying on a bed with plastic sheets. What potential nursing diagnosis does this knowledge suggest?
1. Impaired skin integrity 2. Risk for impaired skin integrity 3. Disuse syndrome 4. Risk for disuse syndrome
An adolescent is diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease. Lymph nodes on both sides of her diaphragm have been found to be involved, including cervical and inguinal nodes. The disease is in:
a. Stage I b. Stage II c. Stage III d. Stage IV