The nurse working in an outpatient obstetric clinic assesses four primigravida patients. Which patient findings would the nurse tell the physician about?
1. 17 weeks' gestation and denies feeling fetal movement.
2. 24 weeks' gestation and fundal height is at the umbilicus.
3. 27 weeks' gestation and complains of excess salivation.
4. 34 weeks' gestation and complains of hemorrhoidal pain.
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Rationale 1: It is most common for pregnant patients to feel fetal movement between 17 and 20 weeks.
Rationale 2: The fundal height at 24 weeks should be 24 cm. The fundal height is usually at the umbilicus at 20–22 weeks.
Rationale 3: Excess salivation is a usual finding in pregnancy.
Rationale 4: Hemorrhoids are common in pregnant women.
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