2023/2024 HESI Maternity OB Specialty Exam 55Q&A (V1) Updated Questions with 100 CorrectAnswers•Apatientisadmittedtothelaboranddeliveryunitwithcontractionsthatare3-5minutesapart,lasting60-70seconds.Shereportsthatsheisleakingfluid.Avaginalexamrevealsthathercervixis80percenteffacedand4cmdilatedanda-1station.TheLPN/LVNknowsthatthepatientisinwhichphase andstageoflabor?•Latentphase,FirstStage•ActivePhase ofFirst Stage•LatentphaseofSecondStage•TransitionAns:B) Active Phase ofFirstStageSecondstage=fulldilationuntilbirth•ToassessuterinecontractionstheLPN/LVNwould•Assesdurationfromthebeginningofthecontractiontothepeakofthesamecontraction,frequencybymeasuringthetimebetweenthebeginningofonecontractiontothebeginningofthenextcontraction.•Assessfrequencyasthetimebetweentheendofonecontractionandthebeginningofthenextcontraction,durationasthelengthoftimefromthebeginningtotheendofcontractions,andpalpatetheuterusforstrength•Assessdurationfrombeginningtoendofeachcontraction.Assessthestrengthofthecontractionbytheexternalfetalmonitorreading.Measurefrequencybymeasuringthebeginningofonecontractiontoanother.Preview Mode
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