What is the most significant maternal risk factor for preterm birth?
1. Previous preterm birth
2. Smoking
3. Stress
4. Substance abuse
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Explanation: 1. The most significant maternal risk factor for preterm birth is a previous preterm birth.
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a. Apply an electric blanket to keep the patient warm. b. Elevate the head of the bed and turn the head to the side. c. Moisten the patient's mouth with ice chips, soft drinks, or juice. d. Gently stroke the patient's arm or back.
A nurse learns of a mass casualty disaster following a known terrorist attack. On arriving at the scene, the nurse knows that:
a. the response of local hospitals will be dictated by the federal government. b. the same ground rules practiced in other settings and during smaller crises will be applicable. c. the least experienced nurses will be assigned to triage low-risk victims and victims who have no chance of survival. d. multiple incident commanders ensure a quick, effective response.
A client is complaining of having the same type of pain that he experienced prior to being diagnosed with cancer. The nurse realizes that which process will influence this client's perception of pain?
1. Transmission 2. Modulation 3. Perception 4. Transduction
Identify at least three contributing factors that may have affected the initial surgical count process
You are waiting for a patient booked for a routine laparoscopic cholecystectomy late in the afternoon. As you commence your surgical count with the circulating nurse, the surgeon arrives and tells you about his requirements. After this interruption, you complete the count and the surgery commences. Subsequently, in response to uncontrolled bleeding, the surgeon converts to an open procedure. Your circulating nurse has opened additional instruments and accountable items and you remain focused for some time on the surgical count and check of instruments. After 3 hours of surgery, the closure commences and you discover a discrepancy in the count. What will be an ideal response?