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. On the basis of this information, the nurse should obtain a(n)
a. Tocotransducer
b. Scalp electrode
c. Intrauterine pressure catheter
d. Doppler transducer
C
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A The tocotransducer measures the uterine pressure externally; this not be accurate
with obesity.
B A scalp electrode measurers the fetal heart rate (FHR).
C An intrauterine pressure catheter can measure actual intrauterine pressure.
D A Doppler auscultates the FHR.
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