A Nurse Caring for a Pregnant Client Should Be Aware

question 1

Multiple Choice

A nurse caring for a pregnant client should be aware that the U.S.birth rate shows what trend?

• A) Births to unmarried women are more likely to have less favorable outcomes.
• B) Birth rates for women 40 to 44 years of age are declining.
• C) Cigarette smoking among pregnant women continues to increase.
• D) Rates of pregnancy and abortion among teenagers are lower in the United States than in any other industrialized country.

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Definitions:

Victor Frankl

An Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist who founded logotherapy, emphasizing the search for meaning as the central human motivation.

Exaggerate

To make something seem larger, more important, better, or worse than it actually is; often involves amplifying details or aspects of a situation.

Paradoxical Intention

A therapeutic intervention where the client is encouraged to engage in or exaggerate a feared behavior or thought intentionally, to lessen anxiety and undermine the behavior's or thought's power.

Specific Symptom

A particular sign or manifestation of an illness or condition, distinguished from others for diagnostic purposes.