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biggirl4568

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A pregnant patient confides to the nurse that she is eating laundry starch daily. The nurse should assess the patient for:
 
  1. Alopecia.
  2. Weight loss.
  3. Iron-deficiency anemia.
  4. Fecal impaction.

Question 2

The patient is undergoing lab work and ultrasound for a possible diagnosis of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). Which problem does the nurse expect to find in the patient's history?
 
  1. Multiple first-trimester fetal losses
  2. Dyspareunia
  3. Vulvitis
  4. Oligomenorrhea



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Answer to Question 1

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Rationale 1: Alopecia, a condition that causes hair loss, is not associated with eating laundry starch.
Rationale 2: Weight gain is related to the patient's eating laundry starch.
Rationale 3: The ingestion of non-nutritive food sources is called pica. Eating these non-nutritive substances has been found to interfere with the absorption of iron.
Rationale 4: Fecal impaction is associated with the eating of clay, not laundry starch.

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale 1: First-trimester fetal loss is not associated with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS).
Rationale 2: Dyspareunia is not associated with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS).
Rationale 3: Vulvitis is not associated with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS).
Rationale 4: In women of reproductive age, 85 to 90 of oligomenorrhea is caused by PCOS.




biggirl4568

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Reply 2 on: Jun 27, 2018
Excellent


DylanD1323

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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