The nurse-midwife is concerned that a woman's uterine activity is too intense and that her obesity is preventing accurate assessment of the actual intrauterine pressure. Based on this information, the nurse should obtain a(n):
a. Tocotransducer.
b. Spiral electrode.
c. Intrauterine pressure catheter.
d. Doppler transducer.
C
An intrauterine pressure catheter can measure actual intrauterine pressure.
The tocotransducer measures the uterine pressure externally; this would not be accurate with obesity.
A scalp electrode (or spiral electrode) measures the fetal heart rate (FHR).
A Doppler auscultates the FHR.
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