The Nurse Is Caring for a Patient in the Transition

question 29

Multiple Choice

The nurse is caring for a patient in the transition phase of labor, and notes that the fetal monitor tracing shows average short-term and long-term variability with a baseline of 142 beats per minute. What actions should the nurse take in this situation?

• A) Provide caring labor support.
• B) Administer oxygen via face mask.
• C) Change the patient's position.
• D) Speed up the patient's intravenous.
• E) Reassure the patient and her partner that she is doing fine.

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Definitions:

Job Order Cost Accounting

An accounting method that accumulates and assigns costs to specific products or projects based on individual job orders.

Equivalent Units

A concept used in cost accounting to convert partially completed goods into a number of complete units of output.

Work in Process Inventory

Represents goods that are in the production process but are not yet completed.

Conversion Cost

The sum of direct labor and manufacturing overhead costs, representing the expenses necessary to convert raw materials into finished goods.