During the initial prenatal visit, the client tells the nurse, "I smoke a pack of cigarettes every day. Will smoking hurt my baby?" The nurse's best reply would be,
a. "One pack of cigarettes per day is excessive during pregnancy and should be cut back before the second trimester."
b. "It is best to cut down on smoking, especially during pregnancy."
c. "Yes, mothers who smoke will often have smaller-than-normal infants."
d. "Newborns born to women who smoked during pregnancy usually experience respiratory problems."
C
Telling the mother that mothers who smoke often have smaller-than-normal infants is an honest answer to the mother's question. Options a and b do not answer the mother's question. Although option d addresses the mother's question, respiratory problems in the neonate are not characteristic of the effects of maternal smoking during pregnancy.
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