The nurse teaches a client how to determine the duration of a contraction. Which is the correct information?
a. Time the contraction from its peak to the end of the same contraction.
b. Time the contraction from the beginning of the contraction to the peak of the same contraction.
c. Time the contraction from the beginning to the end of the same contraction
d. Time the contraction from the beginning of a contraction to the beginning of the next contraction.
C
The definition of the duration of a contraction is the time from the beginning to the end of the same contraction.
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