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The nurse is providing prenatal teaching to a group of diverse pregnant women. One woman, who indicates she smokes 2 to 3 cigarettes a day, asks about its impact on her pregnancy. The nurse explains that the most significant risk to the fetus is:
 
  A) Respiratory distress at birth
  B) Severe neonatal anemia
  C) Low neonatal birth weight
  D) Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia

Question 2

The clinic nurse understands that the physiological changes of pregnancy include vascular relaxation from the effects of ___________and impaired venous circulation from pressure exerted by the enlarged uterus, predisposing the pregnant woman to __________
 
  Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.



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Answer to Question 1

A
Respiratory distress at birth

Answer to Question 2

progesterone; varicose veins



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