Answer to Question 1
B
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A A potentiator may cause the two drugs to work together more effectively, but it does not ensure no maternal or fetal complications.
B Sedatives can be used to reduce the nausea and vomiting that often accompany opioid use. In addition, some ataractics reduce anxiety and apprehension and potentiate the opioid analgesic affects.
C Sedation may be a related effect of some ataractics, but it is not the goal. Fur-thermore, a woman is unlikely to be able to sleep through transitional labor and birth.
D This statement may be true, but it is not an acceptable comment for the nurse to make.
Answer to Question 2
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1. The child's bone marrow responds to chronic hypoxemia by producing more red blood cells to increase the amount of hemoglobin available to carry oxygen to the tissues. This occurs in cases of cyanotic heart defects. Therefore, the hematocrit would not be low, the white blood cell count would not be high (unless an infection were present), and the platelets would be normal.
2. The child's bone marrow responds to chronic hypoxemia by producing more red blood cells to increase the amount of hemoglobin available to carry oxygen to the tissues. This occurs in cases of cyanotic heart defects. Therefore, the hematocrit would not be low, the white blood cell count would not be high (unless an infection were present), and the platelets would be normal.
3. The child's bone marrow responds to chronic hypoxemia by producing more red blood cells to increase the amount of hemoglobin available to carry oxygen to the tissues. This occurs in cases of cyanotic heart defects. Therefore, the hematocrit would not be low, the white blood cell count would not be high (unless an infection were present), and the platelets would be normal.
4. The child's bone marrow responds to chronic hypoxemia by producing more red blood cells to increase the amount of hemoglobin available to carry oxygen to the tissues. This occurs in cases of cyanotic heart defects. Therefore, the hematocrit would not be low, the white blood cell count would not be high (unless an infection were present), and the platelets would be normal.