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The nurse-midwife is concerned that a woman's uterine activity is too intense and that her obesity is preventing accurate assessment of the actual intrauterine pressure. On the basis of this information, the nurse should obtain a(n)
 
  a. Tocotransducer
  b. Scalp electrode
  c. Intrauterine pressure catheter
  d. Doppler transducer

Question 2

A priority nursing diagnosis for the child with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is:
 
  1. Risk for injury (bleeding).
  2. Ineffective breathing pattern.
  3. Nausea.
  4. Fluid volume deficit.



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Answer to Question 1

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A The tocotransducer measures the uterine pressure externally; this not be accurate
with obesity.
B A scalp electrode measurers the fetal heart rate (FHR).
C An intrauterine pressure catheter can measure actual intrauterine pressure.
D A Doppler auscultates the FHR.

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale:
1. ITP is the most common bleeding disorder in children, so risk for injury (bleeding) is the priority nursing diagnosis.
2. ITP is the most common bleeding disorder in children, so risk for injury (bleeding) is the priority nursing diagnosis. The disease process usually does not cause ineffective breathing patterns.
3. ITP is the most common bleeding disorder in children, so risk for injury (bleeding) is the priority nursing diagnosis. The disease process usually does not cause nausea.
4. ITP is the most common bleeding disorder in children, so risk for injury (bleeding) is the priority nursing diagnosis. The disease process usually does not fluid volume deficits.





 

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