What does the nurse note when measuring the frequency of a laboring woman's contractions?
a. How long the patient states the contractions last
b. The time between the end of one contraction and the beginning of the next
c. The time between the beginning and the end of one contraction
d. The time between the beginning of one contraction and the beginning of the next
ANS: D
The frequency of contractions is the elapsed time from the beginning of one contraction to the beginning of the next contraction.
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