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TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
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MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance, Antepartum Care
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand REF: im: 14 TOP: Nursing Process: N/A
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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portant action a nurse should take in this situation. The client may need assistance from asocial wo
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spect the nurse should address at this time. If the woman has identifiable high-
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ge the type of care a client is to receive.
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1. In evaluating the level of a pregnant womans risk of having a low-birth-
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t it is not the primary role of the nurse in the research process.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand REF: im: 14 TOP: Nursing Process: N/A
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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portant action a nurse should take in this situation. The client may need assistance from asocial wo
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spect the nurse should address at this time. If the woman has identifiable high-
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risk problems, then her health care may need to be provided by a physician. However, it cannot be
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on which the nurse should focus atthis time, and it is not appropriate for a nurse to advise or mana
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ge the type of care a client is to receive.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand REF: IM: TOP: Nursing Process: Planning
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