Author Question: If a notation on the client's health record states that the fetal position is LSP, this means that ... (Read 48 times)

ap345 · **on:** Jun 28, 2018

If a notation on the client's health record states that the fetal position is LSP, this means that the:

a. head is in the right posterior quadrant of the pelvis.
b. head is in the left anterior quadrant of the pelvis.
c. buttocks are in the left posterior quadrant of the pelvis.
d. buttocks are in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen.

Question 2

The assessment finding which indicates that the client is in the active phase of the first stage of labor is:

a. 80 effacement.
b. dilation of 5 cm.
c. presence of bloody show.
d. regular contraction every 3 to 4 minutes.

AISCAMPING · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 28, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
LSP explains the position of the fetus in the maternal pelvis. L = left side of the pelvis, S = sacrum (fetus is in breech presentation), P = posterior quadrants of the pelvis. When the head is in the right posterior quadrant of the pelvis, the position is ROP. When the head is in the left anterior quadrant of the pelvis, the position is ROA. When the buttocks are in the upper quadrant of the abdomen, the position would be ROA, ROP, LOA, LOP, LOT, or ROT.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
The active phase of labor is defined by cervical dilation between 4 to 7 cm. Effacement, bloody show, and regular contractions are not parameters whereby the phases of labor are defined.