Concerning a pregnant woman's anxiety and pain experience, nurses ...

[Starlight]

Concerning a pregnant woman's anxiety and pain experience, nurses should be aware that:
 
  1. even a mild anxiety must be treated.
  2. strong anxiety increases tension, which increases pain, which in turn increases fear and anxiety, and so on.
  3. anxiety might increase perception of pain but it doesn't affect the mechanism of labor.
  4. women who have had a painful labor will have learned from the experience and have less anxiety the second time because of increased familiarity.

Question 2

Concerning injuries to the infant's plexus during labor and birth, nurses should be aware that:
 
  1. if the nerves are stretched with no avulsion, they should recover completely in 3 to 6 months.
  2. Erb palsy is damage to the lower plexus.
  3. parents of children with brachial palsy are taught to pick up the child from under the axillae.
  4. unfortunately, breastfeeding is not recommended for infants with facial nerve pa-ralysis until the condition resolves.

[wuly]

Answer to Question 1

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1. Incorrect. Mild anxiety is normal for a woman in labor and likely needs no special treat-ment other than the standard reassurances.
2. Correct. Anxiety and pain reinforce each other in a cycle.
3. Incorrect. Anxiety increases muscle tension and can ultimately build sufficiently to slow the progress of labor.
4. Incorrect. An anxious and painful first labor is, unfortunately, likely to carry over with expectations and memories into an anxiety-paininflicted experience the second pregnancy.

Answer to Question 2

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1. Correct. However, if the ganglia are disconnected completely from the spinal cord, the damage is permanent.
2. Incorrect. Erb palsy is damage to the upper plexus and is less serious than brachial palsy.
3. Incorrect. Parents of children with brachial palsy are taught to avoid picking the child up from under the axillae or by pulling on the arms.
4. Incorrect. Breastfeeding is not contraindicated, but both the mother and infant will need help from the nurse at the start.

[Starlight]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[scottmt]

Great answer, keep it coming