OB Medication Case Studies1. The nurse is caring for a client at 32 weeks' gestation. Theclient reports regular contractions over the past 8 hours andhas dilated from 1lcm to 2 cm. Betamethasone has beenprescribed for the client. What health teaching will thenurse provide about this drug? Select all that apply andprovide rationales.a. "This drug will help decrease contractions."b. "This drug will help to accelerate fetal lung maturity."c. "This drug will help reduce the incidence of andseverity of respiratory distress for the fetus."d. "You'll need to take this drug twice each day as atablet."e. "I'll need to give the drug to you by injection twotimes, 24 hours apart."f. "This drug will lessen the severity of anycomplications of prematurity."g. "The benefits of this drug are greatest within 6 hoursof administration."

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