The Nurse Is Explaining Dysfunctional Labor Patterns to a Group

question 49

Multiple Choice

The nurse is explaining dysfunctional labor patterns to a group of nursing students.Which of the following should the nurse include in the list of risk factors for hypotonic labor?

• A) Anxiety and fear
• B) Fetal malpresentation
• C) Maternal obesity
• D) Multiple gestation
• E) Pain medication

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Definitions:

Myosin

A protein that, together with actin, is responsible for muscle contraction.

Metaphase

A stage of cell division (mitosis and meiosis) where chromosomes line up at the cell's equator before being separated into the daughter cells.

Cytokinesis

Cytokinesis is the division of the cytoplasm of a parental cell into two daughter cells, occurring immediately after nuclear division in the cell cycle.

Midplane

An imaginary plane that divides a body into two equal halves, commonly used in anatomy and developmental biology to describe symmetry.