Your pregnant patient is in her first trimester and is scheduled ...

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Your pregnant patient is in her first trimester and is scheduled for an abdominal ultrasound. When explaining the rationale for early pregnancy ultrasound, the best response is:
 
  a. The test will help to determine the baby's position.b. The test will help to determine how many weeks you are pregnant.c. The test will help to determine if your baby is growing appropriately.d. The test will help to determine if you have a boy or girl.

Question 2

The clinic nurse talks with Becky, a 16-year-old woman who is now 28 weeks' gestation.
 
  Today's visit is only the second prenatal appointment that Becky has kept. The nurse wonders if Becky's failure to come for routine prenatal checks is, in part, related to an adolescent's orientation to the __________, rather than to the __________.
 
  Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: b
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a. Fetal position during pregnancy changes, and position in the first trimester is not indicative of position later in pregnancy.
b. Fetal growth and size are fairly consistent during the first trimester and are a reliable indicator of the weeks of gestation.
c. Fetal growth is best assessed later in pregnancy.
d. The primary rationale for ultrasounds is not to determine gender.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: present; future
The adolescent may not seek prenatal care unless pressured by authority figures or peers to do so. By nature, adolescents are not future oriented. Hence, the pregnant adolescent may not be able to readily accept the reality of the unborn child.

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