A nurse on a labor and delivery unit is caring for a client who is at 39 weeks of gestation and is in the first stage of labor. Exhibit 1 Medical History Exhibit 2 Nurses Notes 1200: Client is 6 cm dilated, 70% effaced, and at 0 station. Membranes are intact. Contractions are occurring every 2 to 3 min, strong to palpation. Fetal heart rate (FHR) is 140 to 145/min with average variability. FHR decreases to 100/min with contractions, lasts 15 seconds, and returns to baseline within 30 seconds.
