A Client Is Admitted to the Labor and Delivery Unit

Multiple Choice

A client is admitted to the labor and delivery unit with contractions that are 2 minutes apart, lasting 60 seconds. She reports that she had bloody show earlier that morning. A vaginal exam reveals that her cervix is 100 percent effaced and 8 c m dilated. The nurse knows that the client is in which phase of labor?

A) Active
B) Latent
C) Transition
D) Fourth