NCLEX RN Free Practice Questions Practice Question
A client is admitted to the labor and delivery unit in active labor. The physician performs an amniotomy. Which observation would the nurse expect to make immediately after the amniotomy?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: After an amniotomy the nurse expects to observe a large amount of clear or straw-colored amniotic fluid indicating normal amniotic fluid. Fetal heart tones of 160 bpm are normal but not specific to amniotomy contractions are unrelated and green fluid suggests meconium which is abnormal.
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