The patient is a 26-year-old G3P1A1 who has arrived at theemergency department complaining of sharp abdominal cramping andvaginal bleeding. She is 10 weeks pregnant. She is visibly upset,crying, and making statements such as, “Not again,” “I dideverything I was told to,” and “Why is this happening again?”
- What should the nurse do?
- What is possibly happening and why?
- What is the expected outcome
The patient is an 18-year-old G1P0 female with a past medicalhistory of pelvic inflammatory disease. She is brought to theemergency department by a friend because of severe low abdominalpain and vaginal spotting. The nurse recognizes this couldpotentially be an ectopic pregnancy.
- What care should the nurse provide this patient?
- What teaching should the nurse provide this patient?
- What nursing diagnoses would be appropriate for thissituation?
The patient is a 26-year-old G3P1A1 who has arrived at theemergency department complaining of sharp abdominal cramping andvaginal bleeding. She is 10 weeks pregnant. She is visibly upset,crying, and making statements such as, “Not again,” “I dideverything I was told to,” and “Why is this happening again?”
- What should the nurse do?
- What is possibly happening and why?
- What is the expected outcome
The patient is an 18-year-old G1P0 female with a past medicalhistory of pelvic inflammatory disease. She is brought to theemergency department by a friend because of severe low abdominalpain and vaginal spotting. The nurse recognizes this couldpotentially be an ectopic pregnancy.
- What care should the nurse provide this patient?
- What teaching should the nurse provide this patient?
- What nursing diagnoses would be appropriate for thissituation?
The patient is a 17-year-old female who arrives to the emergencydepartment in active labor with a questionable past obstetricalhistory. She indicates that she has had no prenatal care, does notremember her last menstruation period, and is evasive if this isher first pregnancy. Blood work indicates she is Rh negative.
- What are some concerns the nurse should be prepared for?
- What teaching does this patient need?
- What are the expected outcomes for this patient?
The patient is an 18-year-old G1P0 female with a past medicalhistory of pelvic inflammatory disease. She is brought to theemergency department by a friend because of severe low abdominalpain and vaginal spotting. The nurse recognizes this couldpotentially be an ectopic pregnancy.
- What care should the nurse provide this patient?
- What teaching should the nurse provide this patient?
- What nursing diagnoses would be appropriate for thissituation?
