Exam 8: Physiological and Psychosocial Changes During Pregnancy

A pregnant woman has the nursing diagnosis of risk for ineffective role performance.What statement by the patient indicates that she is meeting a maternal task associated with the second trimester?

The nurse is explaining to a student that a pregnant woman needs to complete a process called "binding in." Which is the best explanation of this phenomenon?

A patient is complaining of constipation.What teaching should the nurse plan to provide?

To provide anticipatory psychosocial guidance to a woman entering her third trimester,what topic should the nurse plan to include?

A woman is in her second trimester of pregnancy.Which behaviors by the woman's family or friends would best indicate to the nurse that they are accepting the unborn child?

The nursing instructor explains to a class of students that the pituitary gland has many functions related to pregnancy.Which of the following functions are performed by hormones secreted by this gland?

A pregnant woman in the perinatal clinic complains of occasional fainting.Which action by the nurse is best?

A nurse works with pregnant adolescents during pregnancy and for the first 2 years afterward.Which teen demonstrates the most successful resolution of the conflict between normal growth and development tasks and tasks associated with being a new mother?

In providing anticipatory guidance to a couple expecting their first child,which tasks and activities does the nurse discuss with the parents?

A woman has given birth to a child with a cleft lip.What action by the patient would best indicate that goals for the diagnosis of dysfunctional grieving have been at least partially met?

A nurse manager on the high-risk OB unit wants to improve the experience of women admitted for lengthy stays.What action by the manager is best?

A pregnant woman is complaining of frequent heartburn.What statement by the patient indicates to the nurse that teaching has been effective?

The nurse has learned that which hormone is primarily responsible for maintaining a pregnancy?

A woman is in the first trimester of her first pregnancy and confides to the nurse that she is not really sure if she is happy because so many things in her life will change.She is not sure she is willing to alter her current lifestyle.What action by the nurse is most appropriate?

A student asks the nurse why so many pregnant women get cholecystitis.Which response by the nurse is best?

A woman in her third trimester of pregnancy complains of a painful burning sensation in her hands and lower arms.Which action by the nurse is best?

The nurse is explaining to a student that several physiological factors cause a pregnant woman to be prone to venous thrombosis and embolic phenomena.What factors are included?

A woman in the third trimester of her first pregnancy complains of excessive fatigue.Her hemoglobin is 11.2 g/dL.What action by the nurse is best?

A patient who is 28 weeks pregnant calls the obstetrical clinic and complains of irregular,painless contractions that last for 10 to 15 seconds.What response by the nurse is best?

The perinatal nurse reads the diagnosis of ptyalism in a patient's chart.What teaching does the nurse plan for this patient?