The nurse is caring for an Rh-negative mother on the postpartum unit. What scenario indicates the need to administer RhoGAM to this patient?
a. She has had one Rh-negative child and is pregnant with an Rh-negative child.
b. She has had an Rh-positive infant and is pregnant with an Rh-positive fetus.
c. She has had an O-negative child and is pregnant with a B-negative child.
d. She is a primipara with an O-negative child.
ANS: B
The only woman with antibodies against the Rh-positive infant is the Rh-negative woman who has had one Rh-positive child and is now pregnant with another.
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