After an hour of administering oxytocin intravenously, a patient's contractions are 100 seconds in length. What should the nurse do first?
A) Slow the infusion to fewer than 10 gtts per minute
B) Increase the flow rate of the main line infusion
C) Discontinue the oxytocin infusion
D) Continue to monitor contraction duration every two hours
Ans: C
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