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A client’s partner uses the call bell to tell the nurse that the client’s membranes have ruptured and “something is hanging out on the bed!” the nurse visualizes an overt prolapsed umbilical cord. what is the priority nursing action?

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The nurse's priority action is to call for help, put on oxygen mask on the patient and prepare for a possible cesarean delivery.
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