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While Preparing a Patient About to Undergo Percutaneous Umbilical Cord

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While preparing a patient about to undergo percutaneous umbilical cord blood sampling, which of the following information should the nurse provide as preprocedure teaching? Select all that apply.


A) Once the procedure is begun, you must lie very still since they will be inserting a needle through the uterine wall.
B) We will put you into the stirrups and dilate your cervix with a small catheter so that we can obtain a cord sample.
C) During the procedure, an ultrasound will be utilized to guide the catheter into the correct position.
D) We will send a sample of amniotic fluid to a regional medical center to have DNA tests performed for any genetic abnormality.

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