Difficulty: Medium
Average Score: 67%
Simulated
Passage / Scenario
A nurse is caring for a client who is at 39 weeks of gestation and is in active labor. The nurse locates the fetal heart tones above the client's umbilicus at midline.A nurse is caring for a client who is at 39 weeks of gestation and is in active labor. The nurse locates the fetal heart tones above the client's umbilicus at midline. The nurse should suspect that the fetus is in which of the following positions?
Correct answer
A
Rationale
A frank breech position, where the fetus's buttocks present at the cervix with legs extended upward, would result in fetal heart tones located above the umbilicus at midline, as observed.