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Nursing Care for Uncomplicated Pregnancy Labor & Post-partum

A client at 35 weeks’ gestation asks a nurse why her breathing has become more difficult. How should the nurse respond?

“Your lower rib cage is more restricted.”“Your diaphragm has been displaced upward.”“There is an increase in the size of your lungs.”“There is an increase in the height of your rib cage.”

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ExplanationB. The pressure of the enlarging fetus causes upward displacement of the diaphragm, which results in thoracic breathing; this limits the descent of the diaphragm on inspiration. A. The lower rib cage expands. C. There is no change in the size of the lung during pregnancy. D. The thoracic cage enlarges; it does not rise

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