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Title: An IUPC is ordered for a laboring client with a hypotonic labor pattern. The nurse recognizes that ...
Post by: Javi42078 on Feb 6, 2018
An IUPC is ordered for a laboring client with a hypotonic labor pattern. The nurse recognizes that the purpose of this procedure is to
 
  a. monitor the fetal stress during the contraction
  b. accurately monitor uterine activity
  c. measure the amount of amniotic fluid present
  d. monitor uterine muscle tone


Title: An IUPC is ordered for a laboring client with a hypotonic labor pattern. The nurse recognizes that ...
Post by: aemedeiros623 on Feb 6, 2018
B
The purpose of the intrauterine pressure catheter is to accurately monitor uterine activity. Monitoring of the fetal stress during the contraction is characteristic of external monitoring of internal fetal pressure catheter. Measuring the amount of amniotic fluid present is accomplished through ultrasound. The nurse monitors uterine muscle tone during contractions.