A postpartum client comes to the clinic for her routine 6-week visit. The nurse assesses the client and suspects that she is experiencing subinvolution based on which of the following?

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Subinvolution is the failure of the uterus to return to its normal size after childbirth. Moderate lochia serosa at 6 weeks postpartum suggests that the uterus has not involuted properly, as lochia should be minimal or absent by this time.

A Postpartum Client Comes to the Clinic for Her Routine