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Author Question: Labor and Birth (Read 587 times)

Damian Efetobore

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on: Apr 21, 2023
A client presents to labor delivery and nursing assessment reveals the following: contractions every 15 minutes
and lasting 30 seconds cervical exam: 2 centimeters dilated, 10% effaced, and -3 station. How should the nurse
document these findings?
a. Active phase
b. second phase
c. transition phase
d. Latent phase


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