A postpartum woman overhears the nurse tell the obstetric ...

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A postpartum woman overhears the nurse tell the obstetric clinician that she has a positive Homans' sign and asks what it means. The nurse's best response is:
 
  a. You have pitting edema in your ankles.
  b. You have deep tendon reflexes rated 2+.
  c. You have calf pain when the nurse flexes your foot.
  d. You have a 'fleshy' odor to your vaginal drainage.

Question 2

The nurse is caring for an adolescent girl with anorexia nervosa. Which of the following findings would warrant hospitalization rather than outpatient treatment?
 
  A) Weight gain of one-half pound per week
  B) Food refusal
  C) Body mass index of 18
  D) Soft, sparse body hair and dry, sallow skin

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Answer to Question 1

C
Discomfort in the calf with sharp dorsiflexion of the foot may indicate a deep vein thrombo-sis.
Edema is within normal limits for the first few days until the excess interstitial fluid is remo-bilized and excreted.
Deep tendon reflexes should be 1+ to 2+.
A fleshy odor, not a foul odor, is within normal limits.

Answer to Question 2

B

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