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Capo

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A woman who is 24 weeks pregnant is placed on an intravenous infusion of magnesium sulfate. What side effect should the nurse inform the patient that she might experience?
 
  a. Nausea and vomiting
  b. Headache
  c. Warm flush
  d. Urinary frequency

Question 2

Several hours after delivery the nurse finds a woman crying. The woman says repeatedly, My baby is beautiful, but I was planning on a vaginal delivery.
 
  Instead I needed an emergency C-section. What is the most appropriate nursing diagnosis?
  a.
  Anxiety related to the development of postpartum complications
  b.
  Ineffective individual coping related to unfamiliarity with procedures
  c.
  Risk for ineffective parenting related to emergency cesarean section
  d.
  Grieving related to loss of expected birth experience


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raili21

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Reply #1 on: Jun 28, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
Magnesium sulfate is the drug of choice for initiating therapy to stop labor. The patient will notice a warm flush with the initiation of the drug.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
Women who have cesarean births usually need greater support than those who have vaginal births. They may feel grief, guilt, or anger because the expected course of birth did not occur.


Capo

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Reply 2 on: Jun 28, 2018
Gracias!

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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