When planning care for a laboring woman whose membranes have ruptured, the nurse recognizes that the woman's risk for _____ has increased
a. Intrauterine infection
b. Hemorrhage
c. Precipitous labor
d. Supine hypotension
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A When the membranes rupture, microorganisms from the vagina can ascend into the amniotic sac, causing chorioamnionitis and placentitis.
B Rupture of membranes (ROM) is not associated with fetal or maternal bleeding.
C Although ROM may increase the intensity of contractions and facilitate active labor, it does not result in precipitous labor.
D ROM has no correlation with supine hypotension.
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