The nurse is reviewing the history of maternity care before starting a new position as a labor and delivery nurse. What two major developments greatly influenced the way maternity care is practiced in the United States?
A) Technologic advances and the use of forceps by physicians
B) Development of anesthesia and acceptance of the germ theory
C) Advent of birthing centers and the development of maternity care
D) Development of pediatrics as a specialty and replacement of midwives as the primary attendants at births
Ans: B
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