Why do nurses ask if you could be pregnant before an injection?!
Question: Why do nurses ask if you could be pregnant before an injection?
I went to the doctors today to have some injections and the nurse asked if there was a possibility that I could be pregnant, why do they ask this? I'm not, but I'm just curios.
Answers:
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Because the substances they're putting into your body may be known or suspected to adverse affects on a pregnant woman or her fetus.
Because certain drugs can have side effects that could harm a fetus.