Exam 11: Pregnancy at Risk: Preexisting Conditions

You are preparing to teach an antepartum patient with gestational diabetes the correct method of administering an intermediate acting insulin (NPH) with a short acting insulin (regular). In the correct order from 1 through 6, match the step number with the action that you would take to teach the patient self-administration of this combination of insulin. -Step 6

Which factor is known to increase the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus?

Metabolic changes throughout pregnancy that affect glucose and insulin in the mother and the fetus are complicated but important to understand.Nurses should understand that:

Diabetes in pregnancy puts the fetus at risk in several ways.Nurses should be aware that:

_____ use/abuse during pregnancy causes vasoconstriction and decreased placental perfusion,resulting in maternal and neonatal complications.

When caring for a pregnant woman with cardiac problems,the nurse must be alert for signs and symptoms of cardiac decompensation,which include:

Screening at 24 weeks of gestation reveals that a pregnant woman has gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).In planning her care,the nurse and the woman mutually agree that an expected outcome is to prevent injury to the fetus as a result of GDM.The nurse identifies that the fetus is at greatest risk for:

A woman has a history of drug use and is screened for hepatitis B during the first trimester.What is an appropriate action?