Perry: Ch 16 Nursing Care of the Family During Labor and Birth

A woman who is 39 weeks pregnant expresses fear about her impending labor and how she will manage. The nurse's best response is: 1 "Don't worry about it. You'll do fine." 2 "It's normal to be anxious about labor. Let's discuss what makes you afraid." 3 "Labor is scary to think about, but the actual experience isn't." 4 "You may have an epidural. You won't feel anything." - "It's normal to be anxious about labor. Let's discuss what makes you afraid." A patient sustained a first-degree laceration during childbirth. What physical finding should the nurse infer from this? The laceration: 1 Also involves the anterior rectal wall. 2 Continues through the anal sphincter muscle. 3 Extends through muscles of the perineal body. 4 Extends through the skin and structures superficial to muscles. - Extends through the skin and structures superficial to muscles. After reviewing the urinalysis reports of a pregnant patient, the nurse finds that the patient has preeclampsia. What did the nurse find in the patient's urinalysis report? 1 Nitrites 2 Ketones 3 Proteins