A pregnant woman's amniotic membranes have ruptured. Prolapsed cord is suspected. What intervention would be the top priority?
a. Placing the woman in the knee-chest position
b. Covering the cord in sterile gauze soaked in saline
c. Preparing the woman for a cesarean birth
d. Starting oxygen by face mask
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A The woman is assisted into a position (e.g., modified Sims position, Trendelen-burg position, or the knee-chest position) in which gravity keeps the pressure of the presenting part off the cord.
B Covering the cord in sterile gauze soaked in saline is an appropriate nursing in-tervention in the event of a prolapsed cord, but the intervention of top priority would be positioning the mother to relieve cord compression.
C Preparing the woman for cesarean birth is an appropriate nursing intervention in the event of a prolapsed cord, but the intervention of top priority would be posi-tioning the mother to relieve cord compression.
D Starting oxygen by face mask is an appropriate nursing intervention in the event of a prolapsed cord, but the intervention of top priority would be positioning the mother to relieve cord compression.
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