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NCLEX-RN · Question #218

In client teaching, the nurse should emphasize that fetal damage occurs more frequently with ingestion of drugs during:

The correct answer is A. First trimester. (A) Organogenesis occurs in the first trimester. Fetus is most susceptible to malformation during (B) Organogenesis has occurred by the second trimester. (C) Fetal development is complete by this time. (D) The dangerous period for fetal damage is the first trimester, not the…

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Question

In client teaching, the nurse should emphasize that fetal damage occurs more frequently with ingestion of drugs during:

Options

  • AFirst trimester
  • BSecond trimester
  • CThird trimester
  • DEvery trimester

How the community answered

(30 responses)
  • A
    90% (27)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    7% (2)

Explanation

(A) Organogenesis occurs in the first trimester. Fetus is most susceptible to malformation during (B) Organogenesis has occurred by the second trimester. (C) Fetal development is complete by this time. (D) The dangerous period for fetal damage is the first trimester, not the entire pregnancy.

Topics

#teratogenicity#first trimester#organogenesis#drug safety in pregnancy

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