Author Question: A diabetic client goes into labor at 36 weeks' gestation. Provided that tests for fetal lung ... (Read 91 times)

EAugust · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

A diabetic client goes into labor at 36 weeks' gestation. Provided that tests for fetal lung maturity are successful, the nurse will anticipate which of the following interventions? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct and no incorrect

choices are selected. Select all that apply. 1. Administration of tocolytic therapy
2. Beta-sympathomimetic administration
3. Allowance of labor to progress
4. Hourly blood glucose monitoring
5. Cesarean birth may be indicated if evidence of reassuring fetal status exists

Question 2

The nurse is scheduling an ultrasound for a 45-year-old woman with a suspected uterine tumor. The nurse includes in the patient's teaching that the most common benign uterine tumor seen in women in their 40s is a:

1. Fibroid tumor.
2. Fibroadenoma.
3. Fibrocystic tumor.
4. Lymphoma.

AmberC1996 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

3, 4
Explanation: 3. There will be no attempt to stop the labor, as this can compromise the mother and fetus.
4. To reduce incidence of congenital anomalies and other problems in the newborn, the woman should be euglycemic (have normal blood glucose) throughout the pregnancy.

Answer to Question 2

1
Rationale 1: Fibroid tumors frequently occur in perimenopausal women.
Rationale 2: Fibroadenoma is a benign tumor of the breast.
Rationale 3: Fibrocystic tumor is a benign tumor of the breast.
Rationale 4: Lymphoma is cancer of the lymphatic system.