Society tends to minimalize perinatal loss because of the ...

[dakota nelson]

Society tends to minimalize perinatal loss because of the prevailing belief that there are no barriers to getting pregnant and the expectations that once a woman is pregnant, a healthy live infant will result.
 
  1. True
  2. False

Question 2

Mrs. R. has requested an epidural for her pain. She is 5 cm dilated and 100 effaced. The baby is in a vertex position and is engaged. The nurse increases the woman's IV fluid for a preprocedure bolus.
 
  She reviews her labs and notes that the woman's hemoglobin is 12 g/dl, hematocrit is 38, platelets are 67,000, and white blood cells are 12,000/mm. What factor would be contraindicated for the woman to receive an epidural? 1. She is too far dilated.
  2. She is anemic.
  3. She has thrombocytopenia.
  4. She is septic.

[guyanai]

Answer to Question 1

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1. Correct. Because of these perceptions, grieving parents often do not receive the support they need, and society often allows much too little time for grieving mothers (and even less for fathers).
2. Incorrect. Because of these perceptions, grieving parents often do not receive the support they need, and society often allows much too little time for grieving mothers (and even less for fathers).

Answer to Question 2

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1. Incorrect. Typically, epidural analgesia/anesthesia is used in the laboring woman when a regular labor pattern has been achieved, as evidenced by progressive cervical change.
2. Incorrect. The labs reveal that the woman's H&H are in the normal range
3. Correct. The platelet count reveals thrombocytopenia (low platelets), which would be a contraindication for the patient to receive an epidural.
4. Incorrect. The lab values reveal a slight increase in the WBC count; this is not uncommon in laboring women.