To Reassure and Educate Pregnant Patients About Changes in Their

question 27

Multiple Choice

To reassure and educate pregnant patients about changes in their cardiovascular system,maternity nurses should be aware that:

• A) a pregnant woman experiencing disturbed cardiac rhythm, such as sinus arrhythmia requires close medical and obstetric observation, no matter how healthy she otherwise may appear.
• 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) all of the above changes will likely occur.

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