An OB/GYN nurse is teaching a class on medications that affect uterine function
The nurse asks the class, "For what purpose or purposes are tocolytic agents used?" Which response by a mem-ber of the class would indicate a need for further teaching? "Tocolytics are used to a. augment labor."
b. control postpartum bleeding."
c. induce abortion."
d. suppress preterm labor."
D
Tocolytic agents are not used to suppress preterm labor; this statement indicates that further teaching is necessary.
Tocolytic agents induce labor and abortion and control postpartum bleeding; no further teaching is needed.
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1. Assessment of skin color and biologic variations 2. Cultural awareness 3. Cultural empathy 4. Cultural competence
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1. "I should check my temperature with this special thermometer before I get out of bed each day." 2. "I will track my temperatures and the consistency of my cervical mucus for the next three months." 3. "If I am ovulating, my temperature will be a smooth, even line on the graph that does not go up or down." 4. "The point of checking my basal body temperature is to determine whether I am ovulating regularly."
Which of the following outcomes, made by a nurse planning care for a client recently fitted with a hearing aid, best reflects an understanding of short-term client education goals?
1. Client will properly clean the hearing aid ear piece daily with soap and water. 2. Client will state 3 positive effects of wearing his hearing aid at follow-up ap-pointment. 3. Client will wear hearing aid while awake to help improve his ability to understand instructions. 4. Client will demonstrate ability to change the batteries in his hearing aid before leaving clinic today.
Childcare for children of migrant farm workers is usually provided by
1. The migrant health centers 2. Women or other children either at the camp or in the fields 3. The crew leaders on the farm being planted or harvested 4. Government-funded day care centers