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neverstopbelieb

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on: Jun 28, 2018
The nurse is caring for an 8-year-old girl with an endocrine disorder involving the posterior pituitary gland. Which of the following would the nurse expect to implement?
 
  A) Instructing the parents to report adverse reactions to the growth hormone treatment
  B) Teaching the parents how to administer the desmopressin acetate
  C) Informing the parents that treatment stops when puberty begins
  D) Educating the parents to report signs of acute adrenal crisis

Question 2

Which maternal factor may inhibit fetal descent?
 
  a. decreased peristalsis
  b. a full bladder
  c. reduction in internal uterine size
  d. rupture of membranes


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l.stuut

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Reply #1 on: Jun 28, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

B
A full bladder may inhibit fetal descent because it occupies space in the pelvis needed by the fetal presenting part.


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Reply #2 on: Jun 28, 2018
Correct answers!


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Reply #3 on: Jun 28, 2018
Great! Please up vote :D


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