When assessing the relative advantages and disadvantages of internal and external electronic fetal monitoring, nurses should be aware that both:
1. can be used when membranes are intact.
2. measure the frequency, duration, and intensity of UCs.
3. may need to rely on the woman to indicate when UA is occurring.
4. can be used during the antepartum and intrapartum periods.
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1. Incorrect. Internal monitoring requires that membranes be ruptured and the cervix be suf-ficiently dilated.
2. Incorrect. Internal monitoring measures intensity of contraction; external cannot.
3. Incorrect. External monitoring may require the woman to help the nurse know when UA is occurring; external should not.
4. Correct. External can be used in both; internal is intrapartum only.
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