The nurse is preparing a community education class on healthy pregnancy. Which statements should be included? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply
1. Eating a well-balanced diet helps prevent pregnancy complications.
2. Stress management and support systems are important in pregnancy.
3. Prenatal care can be obtained at any point in the pregnancy.
4. Complications during a prior pregnancy do not recur.
5. Exercising regularly facilitates feeling better in pregnancy.
1,2,5
Rationale 1: Good overall nutrition helps reduce the incidence of many pregnancy complications, including anemia, preterm labor, and delivery complications such as shoulder dystocia.
Rationale 2: Patients with high stress levels and poor support systems are more likely to develop postpartum depression and have problems parenting.
Rationale 3: Early and regular prenatal care is important to help prevent complications, and to detect complications if they develop.
Rationale 4: Many complications of pregnancy have a tendency to recur, including postpartum hemorrhage, postpartum depression, preterm labor, and premature rupture of membranes.
Rationale 5: Regular exercise during pregnancy helps prevent hypertension and gestational diabetes, helps reduce length of labor, and helps patients feel good.
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The nurse's assessment reveals that the patient is a smoker and has diabetes. The most important safety consideration while the nurse is designing a plan of care for this patient would be the fact that he is A) a smoker. B) 42 years of age. C) a diabetic. D) a crane operator.
When providing hand and foot care, the person best prepared to provide nail care for patients with extremely hard nails is the:
a. physician. b. RN. c. CNA. d. podiatrist.
With regard to the process of inducing labor, nurses should be aware that:
a. Ripening the cervix usually results in a decreased success rate for induction. b. Labor sometimes can be induced with balloon catheters or laminaria tents. c. Oxytocin is less expensive than prostaglandins and more effective but creates greater health risks. d. Amniotomy can be used to make the cervix more favorable for labor.
Which of the following would the nurse need to keep in mind when assessing the blood pressure of a client who is receiving anticoagulant therapy?
A) The blood viscosity would be slower and the blood pressure decreased. B) The increased cardiac output would increase the blood pressure. C) The blood viscosity would be thinner, causing the blood pressure to decrease. D) The blood pressure would be increased because of increased arterial resistance.