The nurse is reviewing the signs of labor with a patient entering ...

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The nurse is reviewing the signs of labor with a patient entering the last phase of the third trimester of pregnancy. What should the nurse include as an indication that the labor is beginning?
 
  A) Excessive fatigue and headache
  B) Sharp, right-sided abdominal pain
  C) Sudden gush of clear fluid from the vagina
  D) An increased pulse rate and upper abdominal pain

Question 2

A client's last menstrual period was April 11 . Using Nagele's rule, her expected date of birth (EDB) would be:
 
  A) January 4
  B) January 18
  C) January 25
  D) February 24

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Answer to Question 1

C
Feedback:
Labor may begin with rupture of the membranes, experienced either as a sudden gush or as scanty, slow seeping of clear fluid from the vagina. Excessive fatigue, headache, abdominal pain, or increased pulse rate are not indications that labor is beginning.

Answer to Question 2

B
Feedback:
To use Nagele's rule, subtract 3 months and then add 7 days to the first day of the client's LMP (April 11): April minus 3 months is January, plus 7 days is 18 . Thus, her EDB would be January 18 of the next year.