A labor nurse is caring for a client who is 7 cm dilated, 100% effaced, at a +1 station, and has a face presentation on examination. the nurse knows that teaching was understood when the birth partner makes which statement?
The birth partner would indicate the following statements that his partner is in the first stage of labor which is the longest and has 3 phases. Specifically his partner is in the Active to the Transition phase in which the the cervix is already 7 cm and fully efface and the fetus is in the positive 1 station. The husband should give his undivided attention to his partner and massage her back if possible and should not leave her partner as the contractions are already stronger.
