The labor and birth nurse is preparing a prenatal class about facilitating the progress of labor. Which of the following frequent responses to pain should the nurse indicate is most likely to impede progress in labor?
A. Increased pulse
B. Elevated blood pressure
C. Muscle tension
D. Increased respirations
C
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The nurse reviews the data family and friends provided in the comprehensive assessment of a client's situation. The nurse knows to treat the data as:
1. Invalid until confirmed with the client. 2. Subjective data. 3. Primary data. 4. Peripheral to the assessment.
Continual assessment, care management and interventions that may require clinical skills such as cardiac monitoring, ECG interpretation, airway management, fluid resuscitation and haemodynamicmonitoring are referred to as:
a. primary care. b. secondary care. c. tertiary care. d. none of the above.
One advantage of health-risk appraisal instruments is that they
a. Are suitable for all age-groups b. Accurately reflect an individual's ability to initiate changes in lifestyle c. Provide support to nurses in counseling individuals about self-care behaviors d. Emphasize environmental factors
Which statement about disabilities is true?
a. Disability includes sickness. b. Almost everyone will experience disability at some time during life. c. Disabilities are limited to physical impairments. d. Most disabled individuals require assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs).