The nurse tells the new mother that the prepregnancy weight is usually achieved without dieting within:
a. 2 to 3 weeks.
b. 4 to 5 weeks.
c. 6 to 8 weeks.
d. 3 months.
C
The prepregnancy weight is usually achieved within 6 to 8 weeks without dieting.
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The nurse is assessing a client with a history of ductal ectasia. Which signs and symptoms supporting this diagnosis does the nurse correlate with this condition? (Select all that apply.)
a. A soft mass on palpation b. Greenish-brown nipple discharge c. Enlarged axillary nodes d. A mass with regular borders e. Redness and edema over the site of the mass f. Mass tenderness on palpation
A woman who attends your prenatal clinic has a thoracic-level spinal cord injury from a skiing accident. She is confined to a wheelchair for ambulation. Which of the following would you urge her to do during pregnancy?
A) Hold her breath to cause descent of her diaphragm hourly. B) Tense her abdominal muscles hourly to maintain abdominal tone. C) Raise her buttocks off the wheelchair seat hourly. D) Do pelvic rocking hourly to maintain vertebral mobility.
The nurse is assessing a patient who is admitted to the emergency department (ED) for an acetaminophen overdose. Which will the nurse monitor this patient for based on this data?
1) Diarrhea 2) Constipation 3) Gastrointestinal bleeding 4) Hepatic necrosis