The nurse is admitting a client to the labor and delivery unit.While obtaining the assessment data,the client informs the nurse she has had high blood pressure since week 22 of this pregnancy.Upon assessment,the nurse finds 2+ edema.The client relates that she has an occasional headache.Before the nurse leaves the room,the client begins to have a seizure.What pregnancy disorder is this client experiencing?

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The client is experiencing eclampsia, which is characterized by the onset of seizures in a woman with preeclampsia. Preeclampsia includes high blood pressure and often protein in the urine after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Eclampsia is a severe complication of preeclampsia.

The Nurse Is Admitting a Client to the Labor and Delivery