Concerning follow-up visits for women on prenatal care, nurses should be aware that:
1. the interview portions become more intensive as the visits become more frequent over the course of the pregnancy.
2. monthly visits are scheduled for the first trimester, every 2 weeks for the second, and weekly for the third.
3. during abdominal examination the nurse should be alert for supine hypotension.
4. for pregnant women a systolic blood pressure of 130 and a diastolic of 80 is suf-ficient to be considered hypertensive.
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1. Incorrect. The interview portion of follow-up exams is less extensive than the initial pre-natal visits, when so much new information must be gathered.
2. Incorrect. Monthly visits are routinely scheduled for the fist and second trimesters; they increase to every 2 weeks at week 28 and once a week at week 36.
3. Correct. The woman lies on her back during the abdominal exam, which may compress the vena cava and aorta, causing a decrease in blood pressure and a feeling of faintness.
4. Incorrect. For pregnant women hypertension is defined as systolic 140 or more and dias-tolic of 90 or greater.
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