A 22-year-old woman reports that over the last 3 months she has had to use her short-acting beta-agonist rescue inhaler more frequently. In the last month she used it 4 times per week and woke up 3 times this month with asthma exacerbation.  After a normal respiratory exam today, your next step would be to:

When compared to sustained, strenuous bearing-down efforts (Valsalva pushing), open-glottis pushing:

The initial step in the management of a pregnant woman with a newly positive PPD is:

A woman presents at term in active labor with a history of no prenatal care.  She is 6cm, VTX, 100% effaced at 0 station. Membranes are intact. Which of the following is the most important first step in caring for this woman?

The midwife is caring for a G1P0 during second stage labor who does not have Epidural anesthesia.  Her vaginal exam was Complete/100/-1, LOT and the client does not feel an urge to push. An hour later, the SVE remains unchanged and is still resting comfortably. FHTs are category 1. Using physiologic management principles, which of the following is an appropriate plan of care?

______ is the demonstration of functional or behavioral characteristics not typical for any age.

One benefit to play therapy is that it 

Major organ development, including the heart and central nervous system, begins during the _______.

Match the element of an objective to the description: 

Amniotic fluid is very important in the development of the