A Nurse Midwife Is Assessing a Client in Labor by Auscultating

Multiple Choice

A nurse midwife is assessing a client in labor by auscultating the fetal heart tone using the Doppler ultrasound. The fetal position is LOA. The nurse midwife should not:

A) Place the Doppler probe on the left side of the client's abdomen, just below the belly button.
B) Apply generous amounts of ultrasound gel to the client's abdomen and to the face of the probe.
C) Palpate the client's carotid pulse before auscultating the fetal heart tone.
D) Simultaneously palpate the client's radial pulse and auscultate the fetal heart tone.