To monitor fetal health at home, the nurse can teach the patient ...

[dalyningkenk]

To monitor fetal health at home, the nurse can teach the patient to:
 
  A. keep a record of kick counts.
  B. auscultate fetal heart tones.
  C. perform Leopold's maneuvers.
  D. estimate fetal weight gain.

Question 2

Which term is used when a patient remains in a deep sleep, responsive only to vigorous and repeated stimulation?
 
  a. Coma
  b. Stupor
  c. Obtundation
  d. Persistent vegetative state

[djofnc]

Answer to Question 1

A
A realistic and practical assessment tool for monitoring fetal health is use of the kick count, which the mother can easily be taught to do.

Answer to Question 2

B
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A Coma is the state in which no motor or verbal response occurs to noxious
(painful) stimuli.
B Stupor exists when the child remains in a deep sleep, responsive only to vigorous
and repeated stimulation.
C Obtundation describes a level of consciousness in which the child is arousable
with stimulation.
D Persistent vegetative state describes the permanent loss of function of the
cerebral cortex.

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TYSM

[chereeb]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it