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soccerdreamer_17

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The nurse encourages adequate intake of folic acid for women of childbearing age before and during pregnancy. What is folic acid thought to decrease the incidence of in fetal development?
 
  a. Structural heart defects
  b. Craniofacial deformities
  c. Limb deformities
  d. Neural tube defects

Question 2

At her initial prenatal visit a woman asks, When can I hear the baby's heartbeat? At what gestational age can the fetal heartbeat be auscultated with a specially adapted stethoscope or fetoscope?
 
  a. 4 weeks
  b. 12 weeks
  c. 18 weeks
  d. 24 weeks



leannegxo

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
Folic acid can reduce the incidence of neural tube defects such as spina bifida and anencephaly.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
The fetal heartbeat can be heard with a fetoscope between the 18th and 20th weeks of pregnancy.



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