A nurse provides care in a primary health clinic that is located in an inner-city neighborhood. Many patients who utilize the clinic are young women and the birth rate in the area is high.
At what point should the nurse best begin to teach a young, female client about the risks of teratogens and potential fetal drug effects?
A) At the beginning of the patient's second trimester
B) After the patient's first ultrasound
C) Immediately following a positive pregnancy test
D) Prior to a woman becoming pregnant
Question 2
A nurse is caring for a patient who is taking rivastigmine. The patient's nursing care plan will prioritize which of the following nursing diagnoses?
A) Imbalanced Nutrition: More Than Body Requirements related to increased appetite and secondary to the drug therapy
B) Imbalanced Nutrition: Less Than Body Requirements related to decreased desire to eat secondary to nausea and vomiting from drug therapy
C) Risk for Fluid and Electrolyte Imbalance and Hyperglycemia related to adverse effects of medication
D) Risk for Injury related to extrapyramidal symptoms
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