You are caring for patient SB who is a 30-year-old G3P2. She…

You are caring for patient SB who is a 30-year-old G3P2. She was admitted to labor and delivery with regular contractions that she is coping with but can not walk or talk through the contractions. When she is examined, she is found to have a sterile cervical exam of 6/80/-1.  Your patient is in [stagelabor] stage of labor and [phaselabor] phase. The exam of 6/80/-1 refers to [whatdoesexamshow]? What position is the baby facing if the occiput is on the right and the baby is facing up [fetalposition]?

You have a patient that was admitted for postdate induction….

You have a patient that was admitted for postdate induction. She is a G3P1 40.6 weeks gestation. Her cervix is dilated to 1cm, 50% effaced and the baby is at -3 station. The Bishop score is 2. There is Cytotec (Misoprostol) ordered to start the induction. The nurse knows that with the bishop score, she is more likely to have a successful induction [truefalse]. The nurse knows that Cytotec (misoprostol) is given for [reasonforcytotec]. The patient is on external monitoring for the fetal heart rate. When the patient starts on pitocin, the nurse knows that the Oxytocin is effective and at a good rate when [effectivepitocin].