A student asks how pregnant women can usually tolerate the normal blood loss associated with childbirth.Which response by the nurse is best? "It is because they have

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Women have a significant increase in blood volume during pregnancy,which allows them to tolerate the normal blood loss seen in delivery.The hematocrit decreases with pregnancy due to the high fluid volume.Fibrinogen levels increase with pregnancy.Leukocyte levels increase during labor,but that is not the reason for the toleration of blood loss.

A Student Asks How Pregnant Women Can Usually Tolerate the Normal