The nurse is providing health teaching to a group of women of ...

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The nurse is providing health teaching to a group of women of childbearing age. One woman states that she is a smoker, and asks about the effect of smoking on her fetus.
 
  The nurse tells her that which fetal complication can occur when the mother smokes? 1. Genetic changes in the fetal reproductive system
  2. Extensive central nervous system damage
  3. Addiction to the nicotine inhaled from the cigarette
  4. Low birth rate

Question 2

The clinic nurse is assessing how the prenatal patient is meeting developmental tasks. The nurse uses Rubin's tasks, which include: Note: Credit will be given only if all correct and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply.
 
  1. Ensuring safe passage through pregnancy, labor, and birth.
  2. Turning in on oneself to focus on the child.
  3. Seeking commitment and acceptance of self as mother to the infant.
  4. Completing the tasks of nesting at the appropriate time.
  5. Seeking acceptance of the child by others.

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Answer to Question 1

4
Explanation: 4. Smoking can cause low birth rate.

Answer to Question 2

1,3,5
Rationale 1: The tasks Rubin identified form the basis for a mutually gratifying relationship with the baby, and include ensuring safe passage through pregnancy, labor, and birth.
Rationale 2: Turning in one oneself or introversion is a behavior common during pregnancy.
Rationale 3: The tasks Rubin identified form the basis for a mutually gratifying relationship with the baby, and include seeking commitment and acceptance of self as mother.
Rationale 4: Nesting is a behavior that occurs with the burst of energy the mother has shortly before the birth of the baby.
Rationale 5: The tasks Rubin identified form the basis for a mutually gratifying relationship with the baby, and include seeking acceptance of the child by others.