Exam 26: Concurrent Disorders during Pregnancy

A nurse has taught a pregnant woman about toxoplasmosis.What statement by the patients indicates a need for further instruction?

Which major neonatal complication is carefully monitored after the birth of the infant of a diabetic mother?

A woman has been admitted to the labor and delivery unit who is HIV positive.She is in active labor.What action by the nurse is most appropriate?

When teaching the pregnant woman with class II heart disease,what information should the nurse provide?

A nurse in labor and delivery learns about metabolic changes that occur throughout pregnancy in diabetes.What information does the nurse know?

A pregnant diabetic woman is in the hospital and her blood glucose reading is 42 mg/dL.What action by the nurse is best?

The student nurse learns that maternal risks of systemic lupus erythematosus include (Select all that apply.)

Nursing intervention for the pregnant diabetic is based on the knowledge that the need for insulin

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

A woman who had no prenatal care has just delivered after a brief labor.The baby has rough,dry skin; is large for gestational age; and has an umbilical hernia.What action by the nurse is most appropriate?

What form of heart disease in women of childbearing years usually has a benign effect on pregnancy?

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

A woman in the perinatal clinic asks the nurse how her asthma will affect her pregnancy and fetus.What response by the nurse is best?

In terms of the incidence and classification of diabetes,maternity nurses should know that

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

When caring for a pregnant woman with suspected cardiomyopathy,the nurse must be alert for signs and symptoms of cardiac decompensation,which include (Select all that apply.)

With regard to the association of maternal diabetes and other risk situations affecting mother and fetus,nurses should be aware that

A woman has tested human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive and has now discovered that she is pregnant.Which statement indicates that she understands the risks of this diagnosis?

Prophylaxis of subacute bacterial endocarditis (SBE)is given before and after birth when a pregnant woman has

Preconception counseling is critical to the outcome of diabetic pregnancies because poor glycemic control before and during early pregnancy is associated with