Question

10. Hypertension During Pregnancy a. What are the differences between pre-eclampsia and eclampsia? b. What nursing care should be provided for mothers with pre-eclampsia? C. What medications are used to treat pre-eclampsia? BE SPECIFIC

Answer 1

ANS. 10. a. Pre-eclampsia is a condition before eclampsia in which due to high blood pressure and loss of protein in the urine during pregnancy is characterized whereas Eclampsia is a serious and can be a fatal condition for both mother and baby in which the mother has seizures. abnormalities in the lining of blood vessels can be a cause for this.  

b. As there is no cure for pre-eclampsia but nursing care such as some specific medications to induce the maturation of the lungs of the baby are given and also bed rest with close medical monitoring is done for mother. the nurse should monitor that blood pressure does not get high.

c. Medications, specially hydralazine is given to lower the blood pressure in the case of pre-eclampsia. also, intravenous magnesium sulfate is also given to prevent eclampsia.