The nurse is planning an educational program about disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) in pregnancy. What risk factors should the nurse include about this health problem? Select all that apply.
1. Multiparity
2. Preterm labor
3. Diabetes mellitus
4. Abruptio placentae
5. Prolonged retention of a fetus after demise
Question 2
The nurse has received end of shift report in the high-risk maternity unit. Which client should the nurse see first?
1. 35 weeks' gestation with grade 1 abruptio placentae in labor who has a strong urge to push
2. 30 weeks' gestation with placenta previa whose fetal monitor strip shows late decelerations
3. 26 weeks' gestation with placenta previa experiencing blood on toilet tissue after a bowel movement
4. 37 weeks' gestation with pregnancy-induced hypertension whose membranes ruptured spontaneously
B, The nurse teaches the postoperative client to use an incentive spirometer to expand the lungs.
Nurse collaboration
Nurse opens sterile package
Mechanisms of action of coagulation modifiers.
Educational Psychology, 14th Edition