The Primiparous Client Has Asked the Nurse Why Her Cervix

question 17

Multiple Choice

The primiparous client has asked the nurse why her cervix has only changed from 1 to 2 cm in 3 hours of contractions occurring every 5 minutes. How should the nurse respond to this client?

• A) "What did you expect? You have only had contractions for a few hours. Labor takes time."
• B) "When your perineal body thins out, your cervix will begin to dilate much faster than it is now."
• C) "The hormones that cause labor to begin are just getting to be at levels that will change your cervix."
• D) "Your cervix has also effaced, or thinned out, and that change in the cervix is also labor progress."

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