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A Pregnant Woman's Amniotic Membranes Have Ruptured

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A pregnant woman's amniotic membranes have ruptured.A prolapsed umbilical cord is suspected.What intervention would be the nurse's highest priority?


A) Placing the woman in the knee-chest position
B) Covering the cord in sterile gauze soaked in saline
C) Preparing the woman for a cesarean birth
D) Starting oxygen by face mask

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