While assessing a woman's contractions during labor, the nurse records a frequency of 5 minutes, which means:
a. Each contraction lasts 5 minutes from the beginning to the end.
b. At the peak of a contraction, the fundus is very firm and cannot be indented.
c. Five minutes elapse between the start of one contraction and the start of the next contraction.
d. Five minutes elapse between the end of one contraction and the beginning of the next contraction.
ANS: C
Frequency refers to the time between the onset of one contraction and the onset of the next contraction.
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