Exam 4: Prenatal Care and Adaptations to Pregnancy

When the nurse tells a pregnant woman that she needs 1,200 mg of calcium daily during pregnancy, the woman responds, "I don't like milk." What dietary adjustments could the nurse recommend?

A woman reports that her last normal menstrual period began on August 5, 2006. Using Nägele's rule, her expected date of delivery would be:

At her initial prenatal visit a woman asks, "When can I hear the baby's heartbeat?" The nurse would respond that the fetal heartbeat can be auscultated with a specially adapted stethoscope or fetoscope at:

The client who is 40 weeks pregnant complains of a sense of weakness and dizziness when she lies on her back. The nurse assesses this as an indication of:

A woman pregnant for the first time asks the nurse, "When will I begin to feel the baby move?" The nurse would answer :