Jorgina is a 24-year-old pregnant woman at 26 weeks gestation. This is Jorgina's third pregnancy and her obstetrical history includes one full term birth, one preterm birth and two living children.
Today Jorgina arrives at the clinic with complaints of fatigue, insomnia and backache. She reports that she is a nurse on an oncology unit and is worried about continuing with working her twelve-hour shifts. The perinatal nurse identifies concerns in Jorgina's history and work environment including:
Select all answers that apply:
A) Risk of preterm birth
B) Presence of chemotherapeutic agents
C) Requirement for heavy lifting
D) History of diabetes
Question 2
The perinatal nurse provides information to a laboring woman with twins that the second twin will normally be born within:
A) 5 minutes of the first twin
B) 15 minutes of the first twin
C) 30 minutes of the first twin
D) 60 minutes of the first twin
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