The nurse has detected repetitive variable decelerations in the fetal heart rate. What should the nurse do first?
A. Give the laboring client oxygen via nasal cannula.
B. Prepare the room and client for imminent delivery.
C. Reposition the client onto her left side.
D. Start a large-bore IV of lactated Ringer's solution.
C
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a. sensorimotor stage. b. preoperational stage. c. concrete operational stage. d. formal operational stage.
The male gonads, the testes, produce the male hormone ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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A. 63-year-old man with a fractured femur B. 45-year-old woman with end-stage renal failure C. 14-year-old patient with leukemia D. 78-year-old patient with dementia