Author Question: Your patient's baby was stillborn. You enter the patient's room and she asks you, Why did God let ... (Read 68 times)

c0205847 · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

Your patient's baby was stillborn. You enter the patient's room and she asks you, Why did God let this happen? You recognize that your client is most likely in which stage of Kubler Ross's stage of grieving?

a. Denial c. Bargaining
b. Anger d. Acceptance

Question 2

During a routine postpartum assessment 12 hours following a normal vaginal delivery, the client informs the nurse that the peripad is almost full of bright red blood and requires changing every 4 to 5 hours.

The nurse would document that the lochia was a. large rubra c. moderate rubra
b. large serosa d. moderate serosa

bd5255 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B
The client's statement, Why did God let this happen? is indicative of the stage of anger. This anger can be directed at anyone deemed responsible, including self, God, the midwife or doctor; the hospital, or other family members.

Answer to Question 2

C
An almost full peripad needing to be changed every 4 to 5 hours is descriptive of moderate rubra lochia. A large amount of rubra lochia is defined as saturating a pad every 15 to 30 minutes. Serosa lochia is watery, pink, or brown-tinged in color and does not usually occur until 4 to 10 days postpartum.