,Chapter 1: Trends and Issues
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1. The nurse is caring for a patient who is in labor with her first child. The patient’s mother is
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present for support and notes that things have changed in the delivery room since she last
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gave birth in the early 1980s. Which current trend or intervention may the patient’s mother
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find most different?
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1. Fetal monitoring throughout labor ju ju ju
2. Postpartum stay of 10 days ju ju ju ju
3. Expectant partner and family in operating room for cesarean birth ju ju ju ju ju ju ju ju ju
4. Hospital support for breastfeeding ju ju ju
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Chapter: Chapter 1 Trends and Issues ju ju ju ju ju
Chapter Learning Objective: 1. Discuss current trends in the management of labor and birth
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Heading: Table 1-1: Past and Present Trends ju ju ju ju ju ju
Integrated Processes: Nursing Process
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Client Need: Health Promotion and Maintenance
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Cognitive Level: Application [Applying]
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Concept: Evidence-Based Practice
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1 This is incorrect. Fetal monitoring during labor began in the late 1970s. As such,
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this likely would have occurred during the mother’s labor and delivery during the
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1980s.
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2 This is incorrect. In the past, the average hospital postpartum stay was 10 days.
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Presently, the average postpartum stay is 48 hours or less. ju ju ju ju ju ju ju ju ju
3 This is incorrect. In the past, expectant partners and families were excluded from
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the labor and birth experience. Present trends involve the expectant partner and
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family in the labor and birth experience, including presence in the operating
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room for cesarean births. ju ju ju
4 This is correct. Hospital support for breastfeeding, including a lactation
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consultant and employment of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative, were both
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enacted during the early 1990s. ju ju ju ju
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2. A patient with a history of hypertension is giving birth. During delivery, the staff was not
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able to stabilize the patient’s blood pressure. As a result, the patient died shortly after
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delivery. This is an example of what type of death?
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1. Early maternal death ju ju
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, 3. Direct obstetric death
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4. Indirect obstetric death
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