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The nurse is assessing a pregnant woman who is in her third trimester and documents the following data: weight gain: 1 lb/wk during 2nd and 3rd trimesters, 2+ proteinuria (0.
 
  3 g/L in 2-hour urine), BP: 150/95 mm Hg, edema in fingers, face, legs, feet, and hyperreflexiano clonus. What condition would the nurse suspect based on these data? A) Mild preeclampsia
  B) Severe preeclampsia
  C) Eclampsia
  D) Normal pregnancy values

Question 2

The nurse is administering an orally disintegrating tablet to a client and instructs the client to place the medication on the tongue. What type of medication is being dispensed?
 
  A) Sublingual
  B) Translingual
  C) Transmucosal
  D) Capsule



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Answer to Question 1

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These are symptoms of mild preeclampsia. Severe preeclampsia includes 3+ or 4+ proteinuria, abnormally small amount of urine secretion, BP  160 mm Hg systolic or 110 mm Hg diastolic or elevation of 30 mm Hg; severe, unremitting frontal or occipital headache; nausea and persistent vomiting; abdominal pain; epigastric pain; visual disturbances; and localized arterial spasms of retina. These symptoms plus very high blood pressure (>170/110), seizures, and coma may also occur with eclampsia as well as maximum urine albumin level with scanty urine output.

Answer to Question 2

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Some solid or semisolid medications are designed to be placed on the tongue (translingual) or under the tongue (sublingual). An example of translingual administration is an orally disintegrating tablet (ODT). With transmucosal administration, a tablet or gel is placed between the cheek and gum and is absorbed through the oral mucosa. Chewing gum is designed to be chewed, not placed on the tongue.



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