The nurse is caring for a patient who is threatening preterm labor and has been given glucocorticoids. What is the purpose of glucocorticoid administration?
a. Prevent infection.
b. Increase fetal lung maturity.
c. Increase blood flow from placenta. d.
Relax the cervix.
ANS: B
Glucocorticoids assist with improving the lung maturity of a fetus that is preterm.
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