The Labor Nurse Is Admitting a Patient in Active Labor

Multiple Choice

The labor nurse is admitting a patient in active labor with a history of genital herpes. On assessment, the patient reports a recent outbreak, and the nurse verifies lesions on the perineum. What is the nurse's next action?

A) Ask the patient when she last had anything to eat or drink.
B) Take a culture of the lesions to verify the involved organism.
C) Ask the patient if she has had unprotected sex since her outbreak.
D) Use electronic fetal surveillance to determine a baseline fetal heart rate.