A client pregnant at 41 weeks asks if labor induction is necessary. Which response is best for the nurse to make?
1. "The healthcare provider wants to be proactive in preventing any problems with your baby if the baby gets any bigger."
2. "Sometimes the placenta ages excessively, and we want to take care of that problem before it happens."
3. "When infants are born 2 or more weeks after their due date, they have meconium in the amniotic fluid."
4. "Babies can develop postmaturity syndrome, which increases their chances of having complications after birth."
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Explanation:
1. Although this is true, the answer is incomplete. The risk of postmaturity syndrome is also an issue.
2. Although this statement is true, it is too vague. It is better to be specific and call postmaturity syndrome by its name.
3. Although this statement is partially true, meconium-stained amniotic fluid is not always present or the only complication of postmaturity syndrome.
4. This statement is correct. Babies older than 41 weeks' gestation are prone to developing postmaturity syndrome.
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