A Nurse Needs to Evaluate the Progress of a Woman's

question 16

Multiple Choice

A nurse needs to evaluate the progress of a woman's labor. The nurse obtains the following data: cervical dilatation 6 cm; contractions mild in intensity, occurring every 5 minutes, with a duration of 30-40 seconds. Which clue in this data does not fit the pattern suggested by the rest of the clues?

• A) Cervical dilatation 6 cm
• B) Mild contraction intensity
• C) Contraction frequency every 5 minutes
• D) Contraction duration 30-40 seconds

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