The pregnant client who is at 14 weeks' gestation asks the nurse why the doctor used to call her baby an embryo, and now calls it a fetus. What is the best answer to this question?
1. A fetus is the term used from the ninth week of gestation and onward.
2. We call a baby a fetus when it is larger than an embryo.
3. An embryo is a baby from conception until the eighth week.
4. The official term for a baby in utero is really zygote.
Question 2
The nurse is analyzing several fetal heart rate patterns. The pattern that would be of most concern to the nurse would be which of the following?
1. Moderate variability
2. Early decelerations
3. Late decelerations
4. Accelerations
The surgical nurse assists the client into the correct position
The nurse uses a noninvasive bladder ultrasound to measure the client’s bladder volume.
A hot stone placed under the client’s neck.
Postural changes with pregnancy in 40 weeks
Weeks by weeks fetus brain development
Changing Dimensions of the Pregnant Uterus. Numbers Represent Weeks of Gestation