Methylergonovine has been ordered for a postpartum patient. The nurse should withhold this drug when which of the following is present?

Explanation

•Often, women spend time recovering from the shock of learning they are pregnant and concentrate on what it feels like to be pregnant. A common reaction is ambivalence, or feeling both positive and negative toward the pregnancy.

•As many as 50% of pregnancies are unintended, unwanted, or mistimed. Every pregnancy is a surprise to some extent, either because the woman had not planned on becoming pregnant or had been looking forward to being pregnant but cannot believe it has happened.

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