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vicotolentino

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A woman who is 8 weeks' pregnant is visiting the clinic for a checkup. Her systolic blood pressure is 30 mm Hg higher than her prepregnancy systolic blood pressure. The nurse should:
 
  a. Consider this a normal finding.
  b. Expect the blood pressure to decrease as the estrogen levels increase throughout the pregnancy.
  c. Consider this an abnormal finding because blood pressure is typically lower at this point in the pregnancy.
  d. Recommend that she decrease her salt intake in an attempt to decrease her peripheral vascular resistance.

Question 2

A patient is being seen at the clinic for her 10-week prenatal visit. She asks when she will be able to hear the baby's heartbeat. The nurse should reply:
 
  a. The baby's heartbeat is not usually heard until the second trimester.
  b. The baby's heartbeat may be heard anywhere from the ninth to the twelfth week.
  c. It is often difficult to hear the heartbeat at this point, but we can try.
  d. It is normal to hear the heartbeat at 6 weeks. We may be able to hear it today.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
During the seventh gestational week, blood pressure begins to drop as a result of falling peripheral vascular resistance. Early in the first trimester, blood pressure values are similar to those of prepregnancy measurements. In this case, the woman's blood pressure is higher than it should be.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Fetal heart tones can be heard with the use of the Doppler device between 9 and 12 weeks. The other responses are incorrect.





 

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