The Health Care Provider for a Laboring Patient Makes the Following

question 7

Multiple Choice

The health care provider for a laboring patient makes the following entry into the patient's record: 3/50%/+1. What instruction will the nurse implement with the patient?

• A) "You will need to remain in bed attached to the electronic fetal monitor."
• B) "Breathe with me slowly, in through your nose and out through your mouth."
• C) "I will begin the administration of 1000 mL of IV fluid so you can have an epidural."
• D) "Your partner will need to change into scrub attire to attend the imminent birth."

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Definitions:

Nonexcludable

A characteristic of a good or service where it is impossible, or highly costly, to prevent someone from using it once it has been provided.

Nonrival

A characteristic of a good where one person's consumption does not diminish the utility or availability of that good for others.

Marginal Cost

The cost added by producing one additional unit of a product or service, a critical concept in economic theory for optimal production levels.

Public Goods

Goods that are non-excludable and non-rivalry in consumption, meaning they are available to all members of society and one person's use does not diminish another's.