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Kthamas

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With regard to the association of maternal diabetes and other risk situations affecting mother and fetus, nurses should be aware that
 
  a. Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) can lead to fetal death at any time during pregnancy.
  b. Hydramnios occurs approximately twice as often in diabetic pregnancies.
  c. Infections occur about as often and are considered about as serious in diabetic and
  nondiabetic pregnancies.
  d. Even mild to moderate hypoglycemic episodes can have significant effects on
  fetal well-being.

Question 2

How can chronic illness and frequent hospitalizations affect the psychosocial development of an adolescent?
 
  a. They can lead to feelings of inadequacy.
  b. They can interfere with parental attachment.
  c. They can block the development of identity.
  d. They can prevent the development of imagination.



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Answer to Question 1

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A Prompt treatment of DKA is necessary to save the fetus and the mother.
B Hydramnios occurs 10 times more often in diabetic pregnancies.
C Infections are more common and more serious in pregnant women with diabetes.
D Mild to moderate hypoglycemic episodes do not appear to have significant
effects on fetal well-being.

Answer to Question 2

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A Inadequacy and inferiority refer to the school-age period.
B Parental attachment is a task of the infant.
C Development of identity is the task of the adolescent.
D Development of imagination occurs in the preschool period.



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