Multiple Choice
The first and most important nursing intervention when a nurse observes profuse after birth bleeding is to:
A) call the woman's primary health care provider.
B) administer the standing order for an oxytocic.
C) palpate the uterus and massage it if it is boggy.
D) assess maternal blood pressure and pulse for signs of hypovolemic shock.
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