Concerning the postpartum uterus, nurses should be aware that:
1. at the end of the third stage of labor it weighs approximately 500 g.
2. after 2 weeks postpartum it should not be palpable abdominally.
3. after 2 weeks postpartum it weighs 100 g.
4. it is back to its original (prepregnancy) size by 6 weeks postpartum.
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1. Incorrect. At the end of the third stage of labor the uterus weighs approximately 1000 g. It never quite returns to its original size.
2. Correct. However, the uterus never returns to its original size.
3. Incorrect. After 2 weeks postpartum it weighs about 350 g. It never returns to its original size.
4. Incorrect. The normal self-destruction of excess hypertrophied tissue accounts for the slight increase in uterine size after each pregnancy.
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