The Nurse Is Assisting in Caring for a Client in the Active

The nurse is assisting in caring for a client in the active stage of labor. The nurse is told that the fetal patterns show a late deceleration on the monitor strip. Based on this finding, the nurse prepares for which most appropriate nursing actions?

A) Placing the mother in a supine position
B) Administering oxygen via face mask
C) Increasing the rate of the intravenous (IV) oxytocin infusion
D) Documenting the findings and continuing to monitor the fetal patterns