Author Question: A pregnant patient confides to the nurse that she is eating laundry starch daily. The nurse should ... (Read 59 times)

biggirl4568 · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

A pregnant patient confides to the nurse that she is eating laundry starch daily. The nurse should assess the patient for:

1. Alopecia.
2. Weight loss.
3. Iron-deficiency anemia.
4. Fecal impaction.

Question 2

The patient is undergoing lab work and ultrasound for a possible diagnosis of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). Which problem does the nurse expect to find in the patient's history?

1. Multiple first-trimester fetal losses
2. Dyspareunia
3. Vulvitis
4. Oligomenorrhea

nikmaaacs · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

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Rationale 1: Alopecia, a condition that causes hair loss, is not associated with eating laundry starch.
Rationale 2: Weight gain is related to the patient's eating laundry starch.
Rationale 3: The ingestion of non-nutritive food sources is called pica. Eating these non-nutritive substances has been found to interfere with the absorption of iron.
Rationale 4: Fecal impaction is associated with the eating of clay, not laundry starch.

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale 1: First-trimester fetal loss is not associated with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS).
Rationale 2: Dyspareunia is not associated with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS).
Rationale 3: Vulvitis is not associated with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS).
Rationale 4: In women of reproductive age, 85 to 90 of oligomenorrhea is caused by PCOS.