A client pregnant with her first child is concerned that she has not felt the baby move yet. She is 16 weeks pregnant. The nurse should
a. reassure her that this is normal
b. notify the client's health care provider
c. place her on a fetal monitor
d. listen for fetal heart tones
A
The nurse should reassure her that this is normal because quickening is usually felt between 18 and 20 weeks in primagravidas, so there is no need to notify the health care provider. Fetal monitors are used to determine the fetal heart tones, which are not normally heard until the 18th to the 20th week of gestation. Fetal heart tones normally are not auscultated until 18 to 20 weeks gestation.
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