Many Communities Now Offer the Availability of Free-Standing Birth Centers

question 9

Multiple Choice

Many communities now offer the availability of free-standing birth centers to provide care for low-risk women during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. When counseling the newly pregnant client regarding this option, the nurse should be aware that this type of care setting includes which advantages? (Select all that apply.)

• A) Staffing by lay midwives
• B) Equipped for obstetric emergencies
• C) Less expensive than acute care hospitals
• D) Safe, homelike births in a familiar setting
• E) Access to follow-up care for 6 weeks postpartum

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Inductive

Pertaining to inductance or exhibiting properties of inductance, which is the property of an electric conductor or circuit that causes a change in current flow.

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