At her 16-week checkup, a patient's blood pressure is slightly decreased from her prepregnancy level. You evaluate this change based on which of the following statements concerning blood pressure during pregnancy?
A) Normally, blood pressure increases steadily throughout pregnancy.
B) Blood pressure remains stable until decreasing the day of the delivery.
C) A decrease in the second trimester may occur because of placental growth.
D) Blood pressure progressively decreases throughout the entire pregnancy.
C
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A patient is asking the nurse what she can do about the "falling down of her reproductive organs and urinary tract wall.". The nurse will tell the patient to try what exercise?
1. Lifting weights to strengthen those muscles 2. Running two miles a day 3. Running up and down stairs a few times every day 4. Performing Kegel exercises and having regular sexual activity
A piece of indicator tape has been applied to the outer wrapper of a set of surgical instruments. A nurse rejects the instruments on noticing
1. That the indicator tape shows black marks every half-inch. 2. Someone's initials on the tape. 3. A strike-through line. 4. That the tape is applied across the final flap.
A nurse has conducted the admission interview with a client and had analyzed the data in the nursing history. The nurse concludes that a primary care provider needs to be consulted
Based on this information, which possible conclusion has the nurse made about the admission interview of the client? A) The client has no problem. B) The client may have a problem. C) The client is at risk for a problem. D) The client has a clinical problem.