While Caring for a Labor Patient, the Nurse Determines During

Multiple Choice

While caring for a labor patient, the nurse determines during a vaginal exam that the baby's head has internally rotated. This information is given to the family. The labor support person asks the nurse, "What other position changes will the baby undertake during labor and birth?" How should the nurse describe the rest of the cardinal movements for a baby in a vertex presentation?

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