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The Patient Is Admitted to the Hospital in Preterm Labor

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The patient is admitted to the hospital in preterm labor. She is 27 weeks' pregnant. Terbutaline is administered, and the patient remains on bed rest. In the third week of bed rest, her water breaks, and she is taken to the delivery room. She vaginally delivers a baby girl.


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Preoperational Children

A stage in Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, usually from ages 2 to 7, where children are beginning to engage in symbolic play but are not yet capable of logical thought.

Theory of Mind

The ability to attribute mental states—beliefs, intents, desires, emotions—to oneself and others, and to understand that others have beliefs and perspectives different from one's own.

Passive Sentences

Sentences in which the subject receives the action, often characterized by the use of "by" to introduce the doer.

Active Ones

Individuals who are energetically involved in activities or the initiation of actions.

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