Cindy Mason and her partner came in about 5 minutes ago because she thinks she may be in labor. She is a 28-year-oid G2P1 who is at 40 weeks of gestation. She had a spontaneous vaginal delivery without complications 3 years ago and this pregnancy has been unremarkable. She reports her contractions began about 4 hours ago and are occurring every 4 to 5 minutes. lasting about 60 seconds. She rates the pain with contractions a 4 on a 0 to 10 pain scale. Cindy also states that her membranes might have ruptured as she has noticed a small amount of fluid on her underwear over the past couple of hours, but that it may also be urine. She appears somewhat ânxious and stated that she wasn't sure if she should have come to the hospital or not. The nurse applled the external fetal monitor before coming to the nurse's station to give the report. so clindy still needs to be assessed.
Based upon the handoff report, determine the priority status of this client. Indicate if the client is a bigh or low priority using each of the priority frameworks below. When caring for a group of cilents, the nurse should organize the dellvery of care based upon the priority of their clients' conditions. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
a. High Priority
b. low Priority