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Nursing Care for Anemic Patient during Postpartum
Period
• Make every effort to minimize blood loss.
• Check hemoglobin and hematocrit after delivery.
• All women will require iron supplement after delivery.
Evaluative Outcome Criteria
• Woman will be able to describe preventive measures for anemia.
• The woman can describe her condition and identify its possible
impact on her pregnancy, labor and postpartum period.
• Woman will be able to describe her prescribed diet.
• The woman takes her iron supplements as recommended.
• The woman takes appropriate health care measures to prevent
infection.
• Woman successfully delivers a healthy infant. mmmmmmmmmmm
Follow Up Activity:
Scenario IX:
A 25 year old pregnant woman was presented with fatigue and celiac
disease. The only sign on physical examination was pallor as reported
by the nurse. On lab examination her Hb was 9.3 mg/dl and MCV was
70 fl. Her white cell count was normal, and platelets were 550 x 109 /l.
Questions from 1 to 5 are based on the above Scenario:
1.What is the most accurate statement related to the diagnosis?
A. The most likely diagnosis is megaloblastic anemia.
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