A Patient Is Admitted to the Labor and Delivery Unit

question 4

Multiple Choice

A patient is admitted to the labor and delivery unit with contractions that are 2 minutes apart, lasting 60 seconds. She reports that she had bloody show earlier that morning. A vaginal exam reveals that her cervix is 100 percent effaced and 8 cm dilated. The nurse knows that the patient is in which phase of labor?

• A) Active
• B) Latent
• C) Transition
• D) Fourth

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