You Are Assessing a Patient in Labor

question 15

Multiple Choice

You are assessing a patient in labor.Her contractions are 2 minutes apart lasting 30 seconds with increasing pain.The patient states that she feels the urge to push.These signs indicate which stage of delivery?

• A) Third stage
• B) Second stage
• C) Fourth stage
• D) First and second stage

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Definitions:

Quasi-Experimental

A research design that closely resembles an experimental study but lacks the element of random assignment to treatment or control groups, making it less able to definitively establish cause-and-effect relationships.

Random Assignment

Procedure whereby each study participant has an equal chance of being in each treatment group.

Random Assignment

Refers to the process in procedural statistics and experimental design where study participants are assigned to either the treatment or control group using a random method to ensure that each participant has an equal chance of being placed in any group.

External Validity

The extent to which the findings from a study can be generalized to other people, other settings, and other time periods.