Exam 5: Nursing Care of Women with Complications During Pregnancy

The nurse is caring for a prenatal patient diagnosed with a placenta previa.What is the best position for this patient?

The nurse finds a woman crying after she has undergone a dilation and evacuation (D&E)for a missed abortion.What is the most appropriate statement by the nurse?

The nurse is caring for a pregnant woman diagnosed with preeclampsia.What will the nurse explain is the objective of magnesium sulfate therapy for this patient?

The nurse cautions that the consumption of as few as ________ alcoholic drink(s)during pregnancy can lead to the loss of fetal brain cells.

The nurse teaches a woman who is 8 weeks pregnant about how rubella can affect the developing fetus.What can result from maternal rubella during pregnancy?

A(n)_________________________________ consists of a group of five fetal assessments: fetal heart rate and reactivity (the NST),fetal breathing movements,fetal body movements,fetal tone (closure of the hand),and volume of amniotic fluid.

A woman seeking prenatal care relates a history of macrosomic infants,two stillbirths,and polyhydramnios with each pregnancy.What does the nurse recognize these factors highly suggest?

The nurse explains that ___________ is a procedure in which an incompetent cervix is sutured closed to prevent its opening when the fetus presses against it.

What drug will the nurse plan to have available for immediate IV administration whenever magnesium sulfate is administered to a maternity patient?

A pregnant patient tells the nurse that she has been nauseated and vomiting.How will the nurse explain that hyperemesis gravidarum is distinguished from morning sickness?

A patient who is 30 weeks pregnant delivers a stillborn child in the emergency department (ED).What should the ED nurse offer the patient?

What symptom presented by a pregnant women is indicative of abruptio placentae?

The nurse takes into consideration that the patient with placenta previa is at risk for postpartum infection for what reasons?

________________________ ________________________ is the leading cause of perinatal infections that have a high mortality rate.

The nurse emphasizes to a patient with a high-risk pregnancy that the impact of such a pregnancy might result in which problems?

Why does the woman taking oral hypoglycemic agents to control diabetes mellitus need to take insulin during pregnancy?

The nurse educates prenatal patients about the threat of TORCH infections.Which infections are included in this classification?

A woman who is 35 weeks pregnant has a total placenta previa.She asks the nurse,"Will I be able to deliver vaginally?" What explanation by the nurse is the most appropriate?

What situation would concern the nurse about the presence of Rh incompatibility?

The nurse is preparing a pregnant patient for an abdominal ultrasound at 8 weeks' gestation.What intervention will the nurse implement before this diagnostic test?