1320 Mother Baby
During a routine prenatal visit, a client listens to the fetal heartbeat with the healthcare provider for the first time during her first trimester. The fetal heart rate is 150 beats/minute (bpm). The client looks frightened and asks whether this is normal. How should the nurse respond?
"Normal range for fetal heart rate at 12 weeks gestation is 120 to 180 bpm.
The nurse reviews the history of a neonate admitted to the nursery and discovers that the infant's mother was listed a gravida 1 para 1 before the baby was born. How should the nurse utilize these data in order to gather more information?
To consider that someone recorded the gravida and para incorrectly
Why is it important for the nurse to encourage a client with preeclampsia to lie in the left-lateral recumbent position?
Uterine and kidney perfusion are maximized, and compression of the major vessels is relieved.
A nurse is providing dietary counseling to a client at 14 weeks' gestation. The client is a recent immigrant from Asia, and the nurse explores the foods that the client usually eats. Which foods should the nurse counsel the client to avoid during pregnancy?
Raw shellfish Herbal supplements soft-scrambled eggs
A nurse is teaching a childbirth preparation class regarding the discomforts of labor. What is the greatest influence on the perception of pain for a woman in labor?
Tension of the client
Which content should the nurse emphasize in a prepared childbirth class?
Education, exercise, and breathing techniques
Using the five-digit system, determine the obstetric history in this situation: The client is 38 weeks into her fourth pregnancy. Her third pregnancy, a twin gestation, ended at 32 weeks with a live birth, and her first pregnancy ended at 18 weeks.
G4, T1, P1, A1, L3
A nurse is counseling a pregnant client with iron-deficiency anemia about when and how to take supplemental iron. With what drink is iron absorption most efficient?
Orange Juice
