The nurse would expect a physician to prescribe which medication to a postpartum patient with heavy bleeding and a boggy uterus?
1. Methylergonovine maleate (Methergine)
2. Rh immune globulin (RhoGAM)
3. Terbutaline (Brethine)
4. Docusate (Colace)
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Rationale 1: Methylergonovine maleate is the drug used for the prevention and control of postpartum hemorrhage.
Rationale 2: Rh immune globulin suppresses Rh isoimmunization, and is used when the patient is Rh-negative.
Rationale 3: Terbutaline is used as a tocolytic.
Rationale 4: Docusate is a stool softener.
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