When Planning Intrapartum Care for a Client with Heart Disease

question 15

Multiple Choice

When planning intrapartum care for a client with heart disease, the nurse should include:

• A) taking vital signs according to standard protocols.
• B) continuously monitoring cardiac rhythm with telemetry.
• C) massaging the uterus to hasten birth of the placenta.
• D) maintaining the infusion of intravenous fluids to avoid dehydration.

---

Definitions:

Short Run

A period in economics where at least one factor of production is fixed, limiting the ability of the economy or firm to adjust to changes in demand or supply.

Productive

Relating to or involving the creation of goods or services that satisfy human wants; the efficiency and effectiveness in producing outputs from inputs.

Constant Returns To Scale

A condition where increasing all inputs by any proportion results in output increasing by that same proportion, indicating that size does not affect productivity.

Long-Run Average Total Cost

The cost per unit of output incurred when all factors of production are variable, and scale of production can be changed.