Your patient is a 37-year-old pregnant woman who is 5 weeks pregnant and is considering genetic testing. During your discussion, the woman asks the nurse what the advantages of chorionic villus sampling (CVS) are over amniocentesis.
The best response is:a. You will need anesthesia for amniocentesis, but not for CVS.b. CVS is a faster procedure.c. CVS provides more detailed information than amniocentesis.d. CVS can be done earlier in your pregnancy, and the results are available more quickly.
Question 2
Your patient is 34 weeks pregnant and during a regular prenatal visit tells you she does not understand how to do kick counts. The best response by the nurse would be to explain:
a. Here is an information sheet on how to do kick counts.b. It is not important to do kick counts because you have a low-risk pregnancy.c. Fetal kick counts are not a reliable indicator of fetal well-being in the third trimester.d. Fetal movements are an indicator of fetal well-being. You should count twice a day, and you should feel 10 fetal movements in 2 hours.
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