The nurse working in an obstetrician's office admits a woman who ...

[colton]

The nurse working in an obstetrician's office admits a woman who is 12 weeks pregnant and began spotting this morning. The nurse anticipates the physician will:
 
  1. Order bedrest for several days.
  2. Perform a dilatation and curettage.
  3. Perform a cerclage.
  4. Perform a salpingectomy.

Question 2

The client with a closed head injury must be carefully monitored by the nurse because she could stop breathing or have inadequate respiratory effort due to what?
 
  1. The accident that injured the head might also have injured the chest.
  2. The client's reduced level of consciousness might cause the tongue to block the airway.
  3. The respiratory control mechanism is in the brain, and increased cerebral edema could damage its function.
  4. Closed head injuries mainly occur in very young children whose airways are very narrow and easily occluded.

[mbcrismon]

Answer to Question 1

1
Rationale: With only spotting, the client may be placed on bedrest or just instructed to reduce activity levels until bleeding stops. A D and C would not be performed unless bleeding were heavy and incomplete abortion suspected.

Answer to Question 2

3
Rationale: The client with a closed head injury must have respiratory function monitored very closely because the increasing intracranial pressure can reduce the ability of the respiratory center in the medulla to function.

[colton]

Thank you!

[mbcrismon]

Always glad to help...