The nurse is teaching about the passageway to a group of pregnant patients. What changes to the cervix should the nurse include in this instruction? (Select all that apply.)
A) Dilates
B) Passively distends
C) Becomes engaged
D) Retracts into the uterus
E) Becomes shorter and thinner
Question 2
A patient comes to the hospital in active labor at 5:30 AM.
She has not eaten since dinner the night before, which was at 5:00 PM. She has a gynecoid pelvis, and this will be her fourth child; the first three were delivered vaginally. It is now 9:00 AM and she is 80 effaced and dilated 3 cm. What nourishment should the nurse allow her upon request?
A) Solid food and fluids
B) Nothing except for intravenous fluids
C) Clear liquids but no solid food
D) Cannot assess with the information given
A nurse adjusts the rate of a client’s IV.
nurse
Patient Teaching
Communicating with patients with special needs
Patient teaching: female breast assessment
Many patients in wheelchairs require assistance.