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During a Routine Assessment of a Pregnant Patient the Nurse

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During a routine assessment of a pregnant patient the nurse observes the following on the patient's abdomen. How should the nurse document this finding? During a routine assessment of a pregnant patient the nurse observes the following on the patient's abdomen. How should the nurse document this finding?   A)  Striae B)  Chloasma C)  Linea nigra D)  Vascular spider nevi


Definitions:

Nursing Diagnosis

A clinical judgment about individual, family, or community responses to actual or potential health problems/life processes, as identified by a nurse.

Blood Pressure

The force of circulating blood against the walls of blood vessels, measured as systolic and diastolic pressure and vital for diagnosing cardiovascular health.

Pulse Oximetry

A noninvasive method for monitoring a person's oxygen saturation in the blood.

Respirations

The act or process of inhaling and exhaling air in order to exchange oxygen for carbon dioxide in the body's cells.

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