Thursday, November 12, 2009

question of the week

Question of the week for 11.09.09

A client telephones the community clinic to ask about a home pregnancy test she used this morning. A nurse should understand that the presence of which hormone strongly suggests that a woman is pregnant?

1. Estrogen
2. Human chorionic gonadotropin
3. Alpha-fetoprotein
4. Progesterone

3 comments:

a.ha said...

The correct answer is number: 2

Wong, D., Perry, S., & Hockenberry, M.
Maternal child nursing care (3rd ed.). (2006).
St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.

Unknown said...

hey ann (or anyone else who might know the answer), do you know when our exact graduation date is? just so we can start counting down??

a.ha said...

i dunno...but we can put a countdown clock up when we figure it out!