The patient tells the nurse that she has come to the hospital so that her baby's position can be changed. The nurse would begin to organize the supplies needed to perform which procedure?
1. A version
2. An amniotomy
3. Leopold's maneuvers
4. A ballottement
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Rationale 1: The nurse would prepare for a version.
Rationale 2: Amniotomy is the artificial rupture of membranes.
Rationale 3: Leopold's maneuvers are a series of palpations performed to determine fetal position.
Rationale 4: Ballottement occurs when the fetus floats away and then returns to touch an examiner's hand during a vaginal exam.
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