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A nursing instructor is educating a group of students on culture and diversity as it relates to homicide. Which statement made by a student nurse would indicate to the instructor that further education is needed?
 
  A) Caucasian individuals are more likely to use a gun as a means of homicide than any other weapon.
  B) Stranger homicides typically are not interracial.
  C) The homicide rate among African American individuals is considerably higher than that among individuals of other races.
  D) Caucasian individuals are significantly more likely to commit homicides involving multiple victims.

Question 2

A pregnant client presents to the emergency department reporting that she has started labor and is certain the baby is coming any minute now and asks to be taken up to the delivery suite.
 
  After assessing and monitoring the client, the nurse determines that the client is in false labor and is preparing her to for discharge. Which observations support the nurse's conclusion?
  Select all that apply.
  A) The contractions do not have a regular pattern.
  B) Her cervix has dilated 2 cm over the 2 hours of observation.
  C) The frequency and intensity of the contractions have stayed about the same.
  D) Walking seems to increase the strength of the contractions.
  E) The contractions are mostly in her abdomen.



meganlapinski

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Caucasian individuals are more like to use a gun ... is incorrect and indicates the need for further instruction. The other statements are correct.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: A, C, E

Signs and symptoms of false labor, in contrast to true labor, include a pattern of irregular contractions that do not increase in frequency or intensity, a lack of cervical dilation and effacement, discomfort that is felt mostly in the abdomen rather than in the back and radiating to the front, and the fact that activity does not increase contraction intensity.



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