A woman is at 32 weeks' gestation. Her fundal height measurement at this clinic appointment is 26 centimeters.
After reviewing the ultrasound results, the health care provider asks the nurse to schedule the client for a series of sonograms to be done every two weeks. The nurse should make sure that the client understands that the main purpose for this is to: A. Assess for congenital anomalies.
B. Evaluate fetal growth.
C. Determine fetal presentation.
D. Rule out a suspected hydatidiform mole.
Question 2
The nurse is assisting with a transabdominal ultrasound procedure to determine fetal age. The nurse should:
A. Ask the woman to sign an operative consent form prior to the procedure.
B. Have the woman empty her bladder before the test begins.
C. Assist the woman into a supine position on the examining table.
D. Instruct the woman to not eat two hours before the scheduled test time.
Measuring Patient Height
Measuring Patient Height
Neurology Clinic
Edgar Degas, After the Bath, Woman Drying Herself.
Gestation
An example of continuous variation: biology students organized according to height.