Author Question: When a client undergoing treatment for severe preeclampsia complains of epigastric pain, the nurse ... (Read 51 times)

KimWrice · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

When a client undergoing treatment for severe preeclampsia complains of epigastric pain, the nurse should notify her health care provider immediately because the client is:

a. having a reaction to her medications c. going into labor
b. reverting to mild preeclampsia d. moving into eclampsia

Question 2

A nurse is preparing to suction an adult client's tracheostomy. At what pressure, in mm HG, should the nurse set the wall suction?

a. 50 to 100 c. 120 to 130
b. 100 to 120 d. 130 to 140

memslove · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

D
In severe preeclampsia, the blood pressure increases to 160/110 . Weight gain may be 2 pounds within a few days, with urinary albumin of 3+ to 4+. Common symptoms include continuous headache, blurred vision, scotomata, nausea, vomiting, irritability, hyperreflexia, cerebral disturbances, dyspnea, cyanosis, pulmonary edema, and epigastric pain. If eclampsia occurs, the client may have a grand mal seizure and go into a coma.

Answer to Question 2

B
Wall suction should be set at 100 to 120 mmHg for adults, 50 to 100 mmHg for children, and 40 to 60 mmHg for infants.