Lesson 1036 of 1524
Complications of Labor and Birth
The nurse is aware of the causes of labor dystocia and the most common treatments to resolve those causes
Practice this chapterThe nurse is aware of the causes of labor dystocia and the most common treatments to resolve those causes Labor dystocia can be caused by multiple factors.
When one or more of these factors are abnormal, labor dystocia occurs.
nurse — aware of the causes of labor dystocia and the most common treatments to resolve those causes. dystocia — lack of progress during labor, which could make it prolonged or difficult. pelvic dystocia — labor complication that occurs when the size of the fetal head is larger than the size of the maternal pelvis due to a small capacity of the pelvic inlet, midpelvis, or pelvic…. precipitous labor — delivery that is extremely rapid and usually less than 3 hours from start of the contractions to birth.
Worked example
What does “nurse” mean in Complications of Labor and Birth?
- 1Use the wording this chapter gives for nurse.
- 2The book says: aware of the causes of labor dystocia and the most common treatments to resolve those causes.
- 3Do not use the meaning of dystocia. That term means lack of progress during labor, which could make it prolonged or difficult.
Result: aware of the causes of labor dystocia and the most common treatments to resolve those causes
Why. That is the meaning this chapter gives for nurse.
Do not swap nurse and dystocia. nurse means aware of the causes of labor dystocia and the most common treatments to resolve those causes. dystocia means lack of progress during labor, which could make it prolonged or difficult.
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