A client who is pregnant with a first child asks if alcohol can be consumed while pregnant. Which response should the nurse make to this client?
a. "If having wine with dinner is usually done, you should drink it."
b. "Consider drinking beer instead because it contains more nutrients."
c. "To keep your baby as safe as possible, alcohol should be avoided during pregnancy."
d. "One or two glasses of wine with dinner should not be harmful, but avoid liquor and beer."
c. "To keep your baby as safe as possible, alcohol should be avoided during pregnancy."
Alcohol intake during pregnancy is associated with lifelong neurocognitive deficits, behavior problems, and malformation in offspring called fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. No safe level of alcohol intake has been determined that avoids these consequences. The other choices are not appropriate responses regarding ingesting alcohol while pregnant.
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