Multiple Choice
A health care provider reports to the labor nurse that a patient is being transferred from the clinic directly to the hospital with possible preeclampsia. What is the nurse's priority action when the patient is admitted?
A) Obtain the patient's weight.
B) Take the patient's vital signs.
C) Start an IV with lactated Ringer's at 75 mL/hr.
D) Ask support persons to leave the birthing room.
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