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When caring for a laboring patient, the nurse determines during a vaginal
exam that the baby's head has internally rotated. She explains to the
student nurse that this process is called the mechanisms of labor which are
also called cardinal movements and are described as:
a) Engagement, Descent, Flexion, Internal Rotation, Extension, External
Rotation and Expulsion
b) Descent, Internal Rotation, Extension, External Rotation and Expulsion
c) Descent, Flexion, Internal Rotation, Extension and Delivery
d) Engagement, Flexion, Internal Rotation, External Rotation and Delivery -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a) Engagement, Descent, Flexion, Internal Rotation,
Extension, External Rotation and Expulsion
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, During the fourth stage of labor, one hour after delivery, your client's
assessment includes a BP of 120/70, pulse 95, and the fundus is firm,
midline and 2 finger breaths below the umbilicus. The priority action of the
nurse should be to:
a) Turn the client on her left side
b) Place the bed in Trendelenburg position
c) Massage the fundus
d) Continue to monitor - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔d) Continue to monitor
The therapeutic plan of care for a client with a prolonged latent phase of
labor should include which intervention as a priority measure:
a) Measure maternal blood pressure, temperature and pulse every 15
minutes.
b) Continuous internal fetal monitoring of the fetal response to contractions.
c) IV hydration with either lactated Ringer's solution or 5 percent dextrose
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