A 20-year-old patient who is at 10 weeks' gestation is preparing for her first prenatal visit. She confides, "This pregnancy was unplanned. I'm not sure if I want to be pregnant or not. I haven't even told my boyfriend I'm pregnant. And I haven't decided if I'm going to continue the pregnancy." Which of the following statements should the nurse make next?
A) "It's really unusual for a pregnant woman to feel this way early in the pregnancy."
B) "These thoughts are because your mother died when you were four years old."
C) "You should go to a pregnancy support group to be a good mother."
D) "It's common to feel ambiguous about pregnancy in the first trimester."
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Q4: The patient with a normal pre-pregnancy weight
Q5: The nurse is auscultating fetal heart tones
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Q7: The partner of a pregnant patient at
Q8: A 28-year-old patient who is pregnant with
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Q11: The labor and delivery nurse is talking
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