NUR 353 Exam 2 Questions With Correct
Answers
A nurse is assessing a patient with preeclampsia who delivered 12 hours ago.
Which of the following assessments would indicate that the condition has not yet resolved?
a. blood pressure reading at prenatal baseline
b. adequate urinary output and no...
perfusion, and your brain thinks that you are bleeding out. Your brain is going to release
vasoconstrictor hormones and try to redirect that blood to vital organs, such as the heart, brain,
lungs, etc. Your brain doesn't think of the baby as a vital organ. This vasoconstriction leads to an
increase in blood pressure. Over time, this increase in BP causes wear and tear in your blood
vessels, leading to little holes in the vessels. Your brain stimulates a lipoprotein to be released to
try to repair the vessels, but they are not able to. The lipoprotein leaks out from the vessels and
into the intravascular space. The proteins attract water which causes edema. Liver necrosis can
occur long term due to the initiation of the clotting cascade by the brain, causing hypoxia, then
ischemia, then necrosis.
Hypertensive disorder of pregnancy whereby the woman has an elevated blood pressure at
140/90 mmHg or greater recorded on two different occasions at least 4 hours apart. Proteinuria is
absent. - answer✔Gestational hypertension
This occurs when expulsion of the products of conception occurs. Premature cervical dilations. A
cause of bleeding during pregnancy. - answer✔Cervical insufficiency
What length is considered a short cervix? - answer✔Less than 25 mm in length
True or false. Dehydration stimulates uterine contractions. - answer✔True
Client education for a pregnant woman experiencing cervical insufficiency. (3) - answer✔1.
Client will be on activity restriction or bed rest.
2. Hydrate more, because dehydration stimulates uterine contractions.
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