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Nursing Care of Women at Risk During Pregnancy & Post-partum

A client at 28 weeks’ gestation has a sonogram. The results reveal a small for gestational age (SGA) fetus and a low-lying placenta. For what complication should the nurse assess this client during the last trimester of pregnancy?

ExplanationB. Placenta previa is defined as an abnormally implanted placenta in the thin, lower-uterine segment (i.e., low-lying, partially covering, or completely covering the cervical os). A. This can occur at any time; it is not specific to a low-lying placenta. C. This can occur with a normally implanted placenta. D. This can occur at any time with or without a low-lying placenta.