The nurse working in a prenatal clinic is providing care to three primigravida patients. Which of the patient findings would the nurse highlight for the physician?
a. 15 weeks, denies feeling fetal movement
b. 20 weeks, fundal height at the umbilicus
c. 25 weeks, complains of excess salivation
d. 30 weeks, states that her vision is blurry
ANS: d
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a. This finding is normal. Quickening is usually felt between 16 and 20 weeks' gestation.
b. This finding is normal. The fundal height at 20 weeks' gestation is usually at the level of the umbilicus.
c. Excess salivation is a normal, albeit annoying, finding.
d. Blurred vision is a sign of pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH). This finding should be reported to the woman's health-care practitioner.
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