1. Couvade syndrome is a pregnancy-like manifestation experienced by the

expectant father. Manifestations include nausea, weight gain, and other physical

manifestations of pregnancy.

Cognitive restructuring is accepting the idea of pregnancy and assimilating it

into the woman's life. The focusing phase is the third phase of the father's

emotional response to the pregnancy. It is characterized by his active involvement in

the pregnancy and his relationship with the child.

Emotional lability: rapid and unpredictable changes in mood during

pregnancy. Intense hormonal changes may be responsible for mood changes that

occur during pregnancy. Tears and anger alternate with feelings of joy or cheerfulness

for little or no reason.

2. A nurse is providing teaching to a client who is at 40 weeks of gestation and

has a new prescription for misoprostol. Which of the following instructions should

the nurse include in the teaching? The nurse should instruct the client to remain in a

side-lying position for 30 to 40 min after the insertion. The nurse can administer

oxytocin no sooner than 4 hr after the last dose of misoprostol. Oxytocin can

be administered following misoprostol for clients who have cervical ripening and

have not begun labor. The nurse should avoid administering aluminum hydroxide

and magnesium-containing antacids with misoprostol.

3. The latent phase of labor is characterized by cervical dilation of 0-3cm and

contractions every 5 to 30 min, each lasting 30 to 45 seconds.

The active phase of labor is characterized by a cervical dilatation of 4-7cm

and contractions every 3 to 5 min, each lasting 40 to 70 seconds.

The transition phase of labor is characterized by a cervical dilatation of

8-10cm and contractions every 2 to 3 min, each lasting 45 to 90 seconds.

The descent phase of labor is characterized by active

pushing with contractions every 1 to 2 min, each lasting for 90 seconds.

4. Expected manifestations associated with fetal exposure to SSRIs (in the first 2

days after) include irritability, agitation, tremors, diarrhea, and vomiting,

tachypnea, hypoglycemia, and low birth weight are common with fetal exposure