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The labor and delivery nurse is preparing a bariatric patient for an elective cesarean birth. Which piece of specialized equipment is unnecessary when providing care for this pregnant woman.
 
  a. Extra long surgical instruments
  b. Wide surgical table
  c. Temporal thermometer
  d. Increased diameter blood pressure cuff

Question 2

While taking a diet history, the nurse might be told that the expectant mother has cravings for ice chips, cornstarch, and baking soda. This represents a nutritional problem known as:
 
  a. Preeclampsia. c. Pica.
  b. Pyrosis. d. Purging.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
Obstetricians today are seeing more morbidly obese pregnant women weighing 400, 500, and 600 pounds. To manage their conditions and to meet their logistical needs, a new medical subspecialty bariatric obstetrics has arisen. Extra-wide blood pressure cuffs, scales that can accommodate up to 880 pounds, and extra-wide surgical tables designed to hold the weight of these women are used. Special techniques for ultrasound examination and longer surgical instruments for cesarean birth are also required. A temporal thermometer can be used for a pregnant patient of any size.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
The consumption of foods low in nutritional value or of nonfood substances (e.g., dirt, laundry starch) is called pica.



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