(NGN)ATIRNMATERNALNEWBORNPROCTOREDEXAMTESTBANKACTUALQUESTIONSWITHVERIFIED DETAILEDSOLUTIONS/A+GRADEASSURED1.A nurse is caring for a client who is at 36 weeks of gestation and who has a suspected placenta previa.Which ofthe followingfindingssupportthisdiagnosis?A.PainlessredvaginalbleedingRationale:Placentapreviaisaconditionofpregnancywhentheplacentaimplantsinthelowerpartoftheuterus, partly or completely obstructing the cervical os (outlet to the vagina). Bright red, painlessvaginal bleedingoccursinthesecondandthirdtrimester.B.Increasingabdominalpainwith anonrelaxed uterusRationale:Abruptioplacentaisseparationoftheplacentafromthesiteofuterineimplantationbeforedelivery of the fetus. When the placenta separates prematurely, there is internal bleeding, whichispainful,and the uterusisnonrelaxedorbecomes rigidastheseparation advances.C.Abdominalpain with scantred vaginalbleedingRationale:Placentapreviainvolvesminimaltoseverebrightredvaginalbleedingintheabsenceofabdominal pain.D.Intermittentabdominal painfollowing passageofbloodymucusRationale:Intermittentabdominalpainfollowingpassageofbloodymucusisadescriptionofnormallabor.Thepassageofbloodymucusrepresentsthelossofthecervicalmucousplug,alsoreferredtoPreview Mode
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