While Caring for a Client in Labor, the Nurse Notices

Multiple Choice

While caring for a client in labor, the nurse notices during a vaginal exam that the fetus's head has rotated internally. What would the nurse expect the next set of cardinal movements for a fetus in a vertex presentation to be?

A) Flexion, extension, restitution, external rotation, and expulsion
B) Expulsion, external rotation, and restitution
C) Restitution, flexion, external rotation, and expulsion
D) Extension, restitution, external rotation, and expulsion