NCLEX-RN
Health Promotion and Maintenance

Uterine Involution in Postpartum Care

Medium Ante/intra/postpartum And Newborn Care Postpartum Care

During the postpartum period, a nurse is monitoring a patient who has just given birth vaginally. It is important to assess the patient's uterine involution. The nurse notes that the fundus is palpable at the level of the umbilicus and is firm to palpation. The normal process of uterine involution suggests that the fundus should descend approximately _____ cm per day during the first week after delivery.

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