To Assess the Health of the Mother Accurately During Labor

question 14

Multiple Choice

To assess the health of the mother accurately during labor, the nurse should be aware that:

• A) The woman's blood pressure will increase during contractions and fall back to prelabor normal between contractions.
• B) Use of the Valsalva maneuver is encouraged during the second stage of labor to relieve fetal hypoxia.
• C) Having the woman point her toes will reduce leg cramps.
• D) The endogenous endorphins released during labor will raise the woman's pain threshold and produce sedation.

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Merchandise Account

An account used to track the buying and selling of goods for resale in the normal course of business.

Perpetual Inventory Method

An inventory tracking system that records the sale or purchase of inventory immediately through the use of computerized point-of-sale systems and enterprise asset management software.

Accounts Payable

Liabilities of a business that represent money owed to suppliers for purchases made on credit.

Merchandise Inventory

Goods or stock held by a business for the purpose of resale to customers.