While Caring for a Client in Labor, the Nurse Notices

question 2

Multiple Choice

While caring for a client in labor, the nurse notices during a vaginal exam that the fetus's head has rotated internally. What would the nurse expect the next set of cardinal movements for a fetus in a vertex presentation to be?

• A) Flexion, extension, restitution, external rotation, and expulsion
• B) Expulsion, external rotation, and restitution
• C) Restitution, flexion, external rotation, and expulsion
• D) Extension, restitution, external rotation, and expulsion

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