What Is the Most Appropriate Nursing Action to Take When

question 33

Multiple Choice

What is the most appropriate nursing action to take when a laboring woman hyperventilates?

• A) Help her breathe into her cupped hands.
• B) Place her flat on her back.
• C) Initiate oxygen at 2 liters via mask.
• D) Notify the doctor.

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Definitions:

Million Years

A unit of time equal to one million years, often used to describe geological and evolutionary time scales.

Bilateral Symmetry

A body shape with right and left halves that are approximately mirror images of each other. Compare with radial symmetry.

Cephalization

The evolution of a head; the concentration of nervous tissue and sense organs at the front end of the animal.

Natural Selection

The process by which organisms that are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully than less well-adapted organisms.