The nurse is assessing a patient in active labor and notes a small mass above the symphysis pubis that is round, distended, and nontender. What intervention should the nurse take next?
A) Check the chart for the last void
B) Notify the physician of the mass
C) Ask the patient if the mass has always been present
D) Assume this is part of the uterus
Ans: A
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