Author Question: The nurse is working with a pregnant adolescent. The patient asks the nurse how the baby's condition ... (Read 86 times)

mydiamond · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

The nurse is working with a pregnant adolescent. The patient asks the nurse how the baby's condition is determined during labor. The nurse's best response is that during labor, the nurse will:

1. Check the patient's cervix by doing a pelvic exam every 2 hours.
2. Assess the baby's heart rate with an electronic fetal monitor.
3. Look at the color and amount of bloody show that the patient has.
4. Verify that the patient's contractions are strong but not too close together.

Question 2

Nurses who are interacting with expectant families from a different culture or ethnic group can provide more effective, culturally sensitive nursing care by doing what?

1. Recognizing that ultimately it is the family's right to make a woman's healthcare choices.
2. Obtaining a medical interpreter of the language the client speaks.
3. Evaluating whether the client's healthcare beliefs have any positive consequences for her health.
4. Accepting personal biases, attitudes, stereotypes, and prejudices.

helenmarkerine · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

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Rationale 1: Although cervical exams are performed on a regular basis, the pelvic exam does not assess fetal status.
Rationale 2: This statement best answers the question the patient has asked.
Rationale 3: Although bloody show is monitored, doing so does not assess fetal status.
Rationale 4: Although contraction strength is palpated abdominally, this procedure does not assess fetal status in labor.

Answer to Question 2

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Explanation: 2. The nurse should provide for the services of an interpreter if language barriers exist.