A laboring client is beginning to hyperventilate. The nurse ...

[faduma]

A laboring client is beginning to hyperventilate. The nurse recognizes this could result in:
 
  1. Respiratory alkalosis.
  2. Metabolic alkalosis.
  3. Respiratory acidosis.
  4. Metabolic acidosis.

Question 2

For fertilization to occur, what portion of the sperm must enter the ovum?
 
  1. The entire sperm
  2. Only the head
  3. Only the tail
  4. Either the head or the tail

[nixon_s]

Answer to Question 1

1
Rationale:
1. With hyperventilation, there is a fall in PaCO2, and respiratory alkalosis results.
2. Metabolic alkalosis would not occur with hyperventilation.
3. Respiratory acidosis can occur as a woman's PaCO2 levels rise during the second stage of labor.
4. By the end of the first stage, a mild metabolic acidosis might have developed, not because of hyperventilation but because of compensation to the respiratory alkalosis.

Answer to Question 2

2
Rationale:
1. Only the head of the sperm enters the ovum in a twofold process known as capacitation and acrosomal reaction.
2. Only the head of the sperm enters the ovum in a twofold process known as capacitation and acrosomal reaction.
3. Only the head of the sperm enters the ovum in a twofold process known as capacitation and acrosomal reaction.
4. Only the head of the sperm enters the ovum in a twofold process known as capacitation and acrosomal reaction.

[faduma]

Thank you

[nixon_s]

Happy to help you