Touch and massage can be helpful during labor.
Which touch and massage methods are used in labor? Select all that apply.

A nurse is assessing a woman in labor.
Which finding would the nurse identify as a cause for concern during a contraction?.

The skull is the most important factor in relation to the labor and birth processes.

The fetal skull must be small enough to travel through the bony pelvis.

What feature of the fetal skull helps to make this passage possible?

The nurse is reviewing the medical record of a woman in labor and notes that the fetal position is documented as LSA.
The nurse interprets this information as indicating which part as the presenting part?.

If a fetus were not receiving enough oxygen during labor because of uteroplacental insufficiency, which pattern would the nurse anticipate seeing on the monitor?.

When preparing a woman for an amniocentesis, the nurse would instruct her to perform which action?.

Touch and massage can be helpful during labor.
Which touch and massage methods are used in labor? Select all that apply.

Assessment of a female client reveals a thick, white vaginal discharge.

The client also reports intense itching and dyspareunia.

Based on these findings, the nurse would suspect that the client has:.

When developing a teaching plan for a couple who are considering contraception options, the nurse would include which statement?.

A client is in active labor.

Checking the EFM tracing, the nurse notes variables that are abnormal.

What would be the nurse's first nursing intervention?

Assessment of a female client reveals a thick, white vaginal discharge.

The client also reports intense itching and dyspareunia.

Based on these findings, the nurse would suspect that the client has: