The nurse is assessing a patient who is at 35 weeks' gestation. What does the nurse expect the patient to report at this phase of pregnancy?
1. Nausea and vomiting
2. Maternal ambivalence
3. Emotional shifts from highs to lows
4. Stretch marks on the abdomen
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Rationale 1: Nausea and vomiting would be present in the first trimester.
Rationale 2: Maternal ambivalence would be present in the first trimester.
Rationale 3: Shifting emotions are more characteristic of early pregnancy than of later pregnancy.
Rationale 4: Striae, or stretch marks, are reddish, wavy, depressed streaks that can occur over the abdomen, breasts, and thighs as pregnancy progresses.
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