The nurse receives a call from a client who wishes to become pregnant, who says, "I thought for sure this time I was pregnant. My period was due yesterday, but the over-the-counter pregnancy test I bought was negative
What should I do?" The nurse suggests: 1. "Wait 24 hours and use another pregnancy test."
2. "Wait until your period is a week overdue and then test again."
3. "I'm sorry, but it indicates you are not pregnant."
4. "Come to the doctor's office and we will do a urine pregnancy test here."
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Rationale: Home pregnancy tests react to the presence of human chorionic gonadotropic hormone (HCG) produced by the growing fetus, which are not likely to elevate to sufficient levels to be found until 7-10 days after a missed period. The nurse will advise the woman to retest in a week, or might call her into the office to draw serum HCG levels, which are more sensitive, and can be used for earlier diagnosis of pregnancy.
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