PHRM 100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Blood Pressure, Cranial Nerves, Gestational Age

Discuss why older women are more likely to have children born with birth defects than younger women.
Menopause means a woman has stopped releasing eggs and menstruating, so she is no longer fertile. Some postmenopausal women are now using reproductive technology to go to extreme measures to have their own biological child. Provide an argument for whether you agree or disagree with the use of this technology.

Tess has been admitted to the labor room in active labor at 40 weeks gestation. She is complaining of very painful contractions. Her husband Luis is at her side. What is the effect on the newborn of pharmacological pain relief measures used during the labor process?

Tess has been admitted to the labor room in active labor at 40 weeks gestation. She is complaining of very painful contractions. Her husband Luis is at her side. What are the nursing responsibilities in the care of the newborn that relate to Tess having pharmacological pain relief during labor?