A laboring patient tells the nurse that she needs to have a bowel ...

[biggirl4568]

A laboring patient tells the nurse that she needs to have a bowel movement. The nurse recognizes that the woman is most likely in which stage of labor?
 
  a. Active first stage
  b. Second stage
  c. Third stage
  d. Fourth stage

Question 2

Which sequence presents the mechanisms of labor in the correct order?
 
  a. Flexion, descent, internal rotation, extension, external rotation
  b. Descent, flexion, internal rotation, extension, expulsion
  c. Descent, flexion, internal rotation, extension, external rotation, expulsion
  d. Flexion, internal rotation, extension, expulsion

[patma1981]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
There is a strong urge to bear down (as if with a bowel movement) in the second stage of labor.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
Descent, flexion, internal rotation, extension, external rotation, expulsion is the correct sequence of the mechanisms of labor.

[biggirl4568]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[tandmlomax84]

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