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A nurse is caring for a client who has just delivered a baby and is experiencing postpartum hemorrhage due to retained placental fragments.
Which of the following interventions should the nurse anticipate? Select all that apply:
These are all medications that can help contract the uterus and stop the bleeding caused by retained placental fragments. Oxytocin (Pitocin) is the most effective and commonly used uterotonic agent. Methylergonovine maleate (Methergine) and carboprost tromethamine (Hemabate) are alternative drugs that can be used if oxytocin is ineffective or unavailable. Misoprostol (Cytotec) is a prostaglandin analogue that can also help reduce blood loss.
These are all medications that can help contract the uterus and stop the bleeding caused by retained placental fragments. Oxytocin (Pitocin) is the most effective and commonly used uterotonic agent. Methylergonovine maleate (Methergine) and carboprost tromethamine (Hemabate) are alternative drugs that can be used if oxytocin is ineffective or unavailable. Misoprostol (Cytotec) is a prostaglandin analogue that can also help reduce blood loss.
These are all medications that can help contract the uterus and stop the bleeding caused by retained placental fragments. Oxytocin (Pitocin) is the most effective and commonly used uterotonic agent. Methylergonovine maleate (Methergine) and carboprost tromethamine (Hemabate) are alternative drugs that can be used if oxytocin is ineffective or unavailable. Misoprostol (Cytotec) is a prostaglandin analogue that can also help reduce blood loss.
Manual removal of placenta fragments is not an intervention that the nurse should anticipate. Manual removal of placenta fragments is a last resort option that can cause more bleeding and infection, and should only be performed by a skilled provider.
These are all medications that can help contract the uterus and stop the bleeding caused by retained placental fragments. Oxytocin (Pitocin) is the most effective and commonly used uterotonic agent. Methylergonovine maleate (Methergine) and carboprost tromethamine (Hemabate) are alternative drugs that can be used if oxytocin is ineffective or unavailable. Misoprostol (Cytotec) is a prostaglandin analogue that can also help reduce blood loss.
The correct answer is choices A, B, C, and E. These are all medications that can help contract the uterus and stop the bleeding caused by retained placental fragments. Oxytocin (Pitocin) is the most effective and commonly used uterotonic agent. Methylergonovine maleate (Methergine) and carboprost tromethamine (Hemabate) are alternative drugs that can be used if oxytocin is ineffective or unavailable. Misoprostol (Cytotec) is a prostaglandin analogue that can also help reduce blood loss.
Choice D is wrong because manual removal of placenta fragments is not an intervention that the nurse should anticipate. Manual removal of placenta fragments is a last resort option that can cause more bleeding and infection, and should only be performed by a skilled provider.