Exam 10: Assessment of High-Risk Pregnancy

Transvaginal ultrasonography is often performed during the first trimester.While preparing your 6-week gestation patient for this procedure,she expresses concerns over the necessity for this test.The nurse should explain that this diagnostic test may be indicated for a number of situations.(Select all that apply)

In the first trimester,ultrasonography can be used to gain information on:

MATCHING Biophysical risks include factors that originate with either the mother or the fetus and affect the functioning of either one or both. The nurse who provides prenatal care should have an understanding of these risk factors. Match the specific pregnancy problem with the related risk factor. -Smoking,alcohol,and illicit drug use

A 40-year-old woman is 10 weeks pregnant.Which diagnostic tool would be appropriate to suggest to her at this time?

In comparing the abdominal and transvaginal methods of ultrasound examination,nurses should explain to their patients that:

The nurse sees a woman for the first time when she is 30 weeks pregnant.The woman has smoked throughout the pregnancy,and fundal height measurements now are suggestive of growth restriction in the fetus.In addition to ultrasound to measure fetal size,what other tool would be useful in confirming the diagnosis?