In a client's seventh month of pregnancy, she reports feeling "dizzy, like I'm going to pass out, when I lie down flat on my back." The nurse integrates which of the following in to the explanation?
A) Pressure of the gravid uterus on the vena cava
B) A 50% increase in blood volume
C) Physiologic anemia due to hemoglobin decrease
D) Pressure of the presenting fetal part on the diaphragm
A
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The primiparous patient has told the nurse that she is afraid she will develop hemorrhoids during pregnancy because her mother did. Which statement would be best for the nurse to make?
1. "It is not unusual for women to develop hemorrhoids during pregnancy." 2. "Most women don't have any problem until after they've delivered." 3. "If your mother had hemorrhoids, you will get them, too." 4. "If you get hemorrhoids, you probably will need surgery to get rid of them."
According to NANDA (2012), a disorder that occurs after the death of a significant other or any loss perceived as significant to the individual,
in which the experience of distress accompanying bereavement fails to follow normative expectations and manifests in functional impairment, is referred to as________________________. Fill in the blank with correct word.
A nursing student asks a nurse about pharmaceutical research and wants to know the purpose of randomization in drug trials. The nurse explains that randomization is used to:
a. ensure that differences in outcomes are the result of treatment and not differences in subjects. b. compare the outcome caused by the treatment to the outcome caused by no treatment. c. make sure that researchers are unaware of which subjects are in which group. d. prevent subjects from knowing which group they are in and prevent preconception bias.
The client asks how the body gets rid of cholesterol. Which response by the nurse is the most appropriate?
1. Cholesterol is secreted as HDL. 2. Cholesterol is secreted through the kidneys. 3. Cholesterol is secreted in bile. 4. Cholesterol is secreted in sweat.