The nurse is assessing a primiparous patient. The patient ...

[Haya94]

The nurse is assessing a primiparous patient. The patient indicates that her religion is Judaism. This information is important for the nurse to assess because:
 
  1. Religious and cultural background can impact what a patient eats during pregnancy.
  2. It provides a baseline from which to ask questions about the patient's religious and cultural background.
  3. Knowing what the patient's beliefs and behaviors regarding pregnancy are is important.
  4. Patients sometimes encounter problems in their pregnancies based on what religion they practice.

Question 2

The patient has delivered her first child at 39 weeks. The nurse would explain this to the patient as what type of delivery?
 
  1. Preterm
  2. Post-term
  3. Term
  4. Near term

[shoemake]

Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: Although this is true, much more than diet is impacted by religious and cultural background; values, beliefs, expectations for the birth, and acceptance or refusal of medical treatment are also influenced by religious or cultural background.
Rationale 2: This is the best explanation because not all people interpret or live out their religious or cultural backgrounds the same way. It is imperative to avoid stereotyping patients. Thus, the nurse should use the information on the patient's background as an educated starting point from which to base further questions about how this specific patient enacts her religious or cultural background.
Rationale 3: Not all people interpret or live out their religious or cultural backgrounds the same way. It is imperative to avoid stereotyping patients based on what their background is. The nurse must use the information on the patient's background as an educated starting point from which to base further questions about how this specific patient enacts her religious or cultural background.
Rationale 4: How a patient enacts her religion occasionally will cause problems with pregnancy. But the most important reason for asking a patient for her religious or cultural background is to have a starting point from which to base further questions on the specifics of how this patient is impacted by or enacts her cultural or religious background as a unique individual.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 3
Rationale 1: Preterm deliveries are those that occur prior to 37 completed weeks' gestation.
Rationale 2: Post-term applies to birth that occur after 42 weeks' gestation.
Rationale 3: Term births are those that occur from between gestation weeks 38 and 42.
Rationale 4: Near term is not terminology used to describe birth.

[Haya94]

Excellent

[Jossy]

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