The nurse is providing prenatal teaching to a group of diverse pregnant women. One woman, who indicates she smokes 2 to 3 cigarettes a day, asks about its impact on her pregnancy. The nurse explains that the most significant risk to the fetus is:
A) Respiratory distress at birth
B) Severe neonatal anemia
C) Low neonatal birth weight
D) Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia
Question 2
The clinic nurse understands that the physiological changes of pregnancy include vascular relaxation from the effects of ___________and impaired venous circulation from pressure exerted by the enlarged uterus, predisposing the pregnant woman to __________
Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.
