Which Is Important for the Nurse to Know in Order

question 15

Multiple Choice

Which is important for the nurse to know in order to be able to reassure and educate pregnant patients about changes in their cardiovascular system during pregnancy?

• A) A pregnant woman experiencing disturbed cardiac rhythm,such as sinus arrhythmia,requires close medical and obstetrical observation.
• B) Changes in heart size and position and increases in blood volume create auditory changes from 20 weeks to term.
• C) Palpitations are twice as likely to occur in twin gestations.
• D) Blood pressure increases until about 24 to 32 weeks of gestation.

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