The nurse recognizes a need for further information when a young woman with gestational diabetes says:
a. "Gestational diabetes results from the hormonal changes of pregnancy."
b. "I will need to exercise regularly and lose weight to reduce my risk of becoming a diabetic."
c. "I'll be free of diabetes when this baby is born."
d. "The baby will have to be monitored for hypoglycemia during my pregnancy."
C
Of the women who have gestational diabetes, 5% to 10% go on to develop type 2 diabetes.
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a. susceptible host. b. reservoir. c. portal of entry. d. mode of transmission.
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A) "I feed the baby every 2 hours." B) "I break the baby's suck before pulling the baby off of the breast." C) "I nurse the baby on one breast each feeding." D) "I use a lanolin ointment on my dry nipples."
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