Encouraging routine prenatal visits is an important function for nurses to ensure the clients avoid complications or difficulties throughout the pregnancy and birth.
The nurse would prepare to screen clients for gestational diabetes at which time during the pregnancy?

The correct answer is choice B.

Choice A rationale:

Focus on the family unit and its members is more characteristic of the “letting-go” phase.

Choice B rationale:

Expressions of excitement are common in the dependent, taking in phase as the mother is focused on her own needs and the experience of childbirth.

Choice C rationale:

Eagerness to learn newborn care skills is more characteristic of the “taking-hold” phase.

Choice D rationale:

Lack of appetite is not a typical characteristic of the dependent, taking in phase.

The correct answer is choice D.

Choice A rationale:

While a urinary tract infection can cause frequent urination, it’s usually accompanied by other symptoms such as pain or burning during urination.

Choice B rationale:

Trauma to pelvic muscles can cause urinary incontinence, not necessarily increased frequency.

Choice C rationale:

Urinary overflow is a condition where the bladder is always full and can lead to frequent leakage of urine.

Choice D rationale:

Postpartum diuresis is the body’s way of getting rid of excess fluid accumulated during pregnancy, leading to increased urine production and frequency.