Maternity Nursing Q 97

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In the late 1950s, consumers and health care professionals began challenging the routine use of analgesics and anesthetics during childbirth. Which of the following was an outgrowth of this concept?

  

     A. Labor, delivery, recovery, postpartum (LDRP)

     B. Nurse-midwifery

     C. Clinical nurse specialist

     D. Prepared childbirth

    

    

Correct Answer: D. Prepared childbirth

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Prepared childbirth was the direct result of the 1950s challenging the routine use of analgesic and anesthetics during childbirth.

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Option A: The LDRP was a much later concept and was not a direct result of the challenging of routine use of analgesics and anesthetics during childbirth.

Option B: A nurse-midwife is a licensed healthcare professional who specializes in women’s reproductive health and childbirth. In addition to attending births, they perform annual exams, give counseling, and write prescriptions. According to the ACNM, the vast majority of midwives in the U.S. are CNMs.

Option C: Clinical nurse specialists (CNS) are advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) that serve as experts in evidence-based nursing practice within one of a number of different specialty areas. They integrate their advanced knowledge of disease processes in assessing, diagnosing, and treating patient illnesses, but their role extends beyond providing patient care.

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