The Primiparous Client Has Asked the Nurse Why Her Cervix

question 17

Multiple Choice

The primiparous client has asked the nurse why her cervix has only changed from 1 to 2 cm in 3 hours of contractions occurring every 5 minutes. How should the nurse respond to this client?

• A) "What did you expect? You have only had contractions for a few hours. Labor takes time."
• B) "When your perineal body thins out, your cervix will begin to dilate much faster than it is now."
• C) "The hormones that cause labor to begin are just getting to be at levels that will change your cervix."
• D) "Your cervix has also effaced, or thinned out, and that change in the cervix is also labor progress."

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Definitions:

Economic Profit

The discrepancy between a company's overall income and its combined explicit and implicit expenses.

TR

A common abbreviation for Total Revenue, the total income generated from sales of goods or services.

TC

Typically stands for Total Cost, which in economics is the sum of all costs incurred in the production of goods or services.

Economic Profit

The difference between total revenue and total costs, including both explicit and implicit costs, representing the surplus generated beyond the firm’s opportunity costs.