prequiz 2

A couple is planning for the birth of their first child and is discussing the difference between a physician and a midwife. Which information presented by the couple does the nurse validate as being true?

Physicians provide care for both low and high risk patients

A patient is experiencing pregnancy complications. Which factors will affect the client's ability to manage this situation? SATA

(all) Implemented nursing interventions Current health status Previously used coping skills Existence of support network Perceived threat to self or fetus

Ethnocentrism is the belief that:

Values and practices of one's own culture are superior

A patient arrives at a maternal health client and tells the nurse she has missed a period and thinks she is pregnant. Which information shared with the nurse is a presumptive sign of pregnancy?

Breast enlargement, tenderness, and tingling

The nurse works in a prenatal clinic and interacts with multiple patients from various socioeconomic backgrounds. Which patient does the nurse assess most carefully for a mental health issue?

a military veteran who was deployed twice

The nurse is providing care for a patient at 30 wks gestation. Which topic related to patient concern or discomfort is most important for the nurse to address?

Dizziness when lying supine

A patient is confirmed to be pregnant. Obstetric history includes two sets of twins born at 30 and 32 weeks gestation, respectively, a singleton birth born at 39 weeks gestation, and two pregnancies lost in the first trimester. In which way will the nurse define the patient's obstetrical history?

G6, T1, P2, A2, L5

A patient who is pregnant asks the nurse when her baby is due to be born. The patient reports her last menstrual period (LMP) date as April 14. Using Naegele's rule, the nurse will set the estimated date of delivery (EDD) as what date?

January 21

The nurse is providing care for a patient in the third trimester of pregnancy. Which topic of patient education inmost likely to be needed during this time?

Management for commonly experienced discomforts

The nurse is providing care for a patient who is 42 years of age and in the first trimester of her pregnancy. For which possible complication will the nurse closely monitor the patient and fetus?

alterations in fetal chromosomal studies