When describing the stages of labor to a pregnant woman, which of the following would the nurse identify as the major change occurring during the first stage?
A) Regular contractions
B) Cervical dilation
C) Fetal movement through the birth canal
D) Placental separation
Question 2
A woman who gave birth 24 hours ago tells the nurse, I've been urinating so much over the past several hours. Which response by the nurse would be most appropriate?
A) You must have an infection, so let me get a urine specimen.
B) Your body is undergoing many changes that cause your bladder to fill quickly.
C) Your uterus is not contracting as quickly as it should.
D) The anesthesia that you received is wearing off and your bladder is working again.
The Stages of Cellular Respiration
The nurse conducts the health history as the first step in the nursing assessment
The nurse needs to note the source of the patient health history
Sleep cycling: stages of healthy sleeping
Opener Colored scanning electron micrograph of two prostate cancer cells in the final stages of cell
Human embryo at successive stages of development (not to scale).