The nurse is monitoring a patient when the EFM strip conveys fetal bradycardia. Which action would be the most urgent for the nurse to take?
A) Check the patient's input and output.
B) Take a blood pressure to determine if the mother has hypotension.
C) Change the mother's position from supine to left lateral.
D) Check the mother for vaginal bleeding and severe abdominal pain.
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