The Nurse Is Monitoring a Patient Who Is in the 26th

question 1

Multiple Choice

The nurse is monitoring a patient who is in the 26th week of pregnancy and has developed gestational diabetes and pneumonia. She is given medications that pose a possible fetal risk, but the potential benefits may warrant the use of the medications in her situation. The nurse recognizes that these medications are in which U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) pregnancy safety category?

• A) Category X
• B) Category B
• C) Category C
• D) Category D