A woman you are caring for during labor is having contractions 2 minutes apart but rarely over 50 mm Hg in strength; the resting tone is high, 20 to 25 mm Hg. She asks what she can do to make contractions more effective
Your best response would be that
A) she needs to rest because her contractions are hypertonic.
B) her physician will order oxytocin to strengthen contractions.
C) hypotonic contractions of this kind will strengthen by themselves.
D) walking around will make her contractions more regular.
A
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