Difficulty: Medium
Average Score: 70%
Simulated
Passage / Scenario
A client in her seventh month of pregnancy feeling dizzy when lying flat.In a client's seventh month of pregnancy, she reports feeling 'dizzy, like I'm going to pass out, when I lie down flat on my back'. The nurse explains that this is due to:
Correct answer
B
Rationale
Supine hypotensive syndrome from uterine compression of major vessels causes dizziness, unlike anemia, diaphragmatic pressure, or blood volume changes.