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The client at 38 weeks gestation tells the clinic nurse, “My baby was really moving a lot yesterday, but I haven’t felt any movements today.” Which action should the nurse implement?

ExplanationCorrect answer B: Vigorous movement by the fetus followed by no movement may indicate fetal demise and is cause for further assessment. Leopold maneuvers are used to assess the fetus’s position in utero.