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shenderson6

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If the ductus arteriosus remains patent in extrauterine life, nursing care will be directed toward management of which of the following problems?
 
  1. Increased pulmonary blood flow
   2. Decreased pulmonary blood flow
   3. Decreased cardiac output
   4. Both increased pulmonary blood flow and decreased cardiac output

Question 2

While teaching parents of a newborn about normal growth and development, the nurse informs them that their child's weight should:
 
  1. Triple by nine months of age.
  2. Double by five months of age.
  3. Triple by six months of age.
  4. Double by one year of age.



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Answer to Question 1

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Rationale:
1. If there is a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), systemic blood flow will be shunted back into the lungs through the patent ductus from the high-pressure aorta into the lower pressure lungs. This will also result in decreased cardiac output.
2. The presence of a PDA will increase pulmonary blood flow.
3. If there is a PDA, cardiac output will decrease, but pulmonary blood flow will be also be increased.
4. Both increased pulmonary blood flow and decreased cardiac output will result with a PDA.

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale 1: The normal infant triples his birth weight by one year of age.
Rationale 2: It is expected that the infant would double in weight by five months of age.
Rationale 3: The child should double his birth weight by five months. A child whose weight triples by six months of age has gained weight too rapidly.
Rationale 4: The child should triple his birth weight by one year. This child may not be growing adequately.
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