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The need for forceps has been determined. The patient's cervix is dilated to 10 cm, and the fetus is at +2 station. What category of forceps application would the nurse anticipate?


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Psychosexual Development

A theory proposed by Freud that children go through a series of stages in which they confront conflicts between biological drives and social expectations, with successful navigation resulting in a healthy personality.

Reaction Formation

A mechanism of defense in which a forbidden impulse is turned into its opposite.

Oedipus Complex

A concept in psychoanalytic theory referring to a child's unconscious sexual desire for the opposite-sex parent and jealousy toward the same-sex parent.

Psychosexual Stage

In Freudian psychology, sequential developmental stages in childhood during which personality formation occurs, focusing on how children manage erotic and sexual impulses.

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