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The Nurse Is Providing Care to a Young Woman with a History

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The nurse is providing care to a young woman with a history of ruptured ectopic pregnancy who has a positive home-pregnancy test and reports the first date of her most recent menstrual cycle was 7 weeks ago.The health-care provider has ordered serial HCG levels weekly * 3.Which of the following explanations by the nurse is best?


A) "This test will help your health-care provider track the fetal lung development."
B) "HCG is released by the placenta and increases in early pregnancy; results may help detect another ectopic pregnancy before a rupture."
C) "HCG triggers a woman's body to menstruate, so your health-care provider wants to make sure your level's stay low to reduce the risk of miscarriage."
D) "You are considered a high-risk pregnancy, and your health-care provider wants to make sure your cervix is going to let you can carry to term."

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