If the physician indicates a shoulder dystocia during the delivery of a macrosomic fetus, how would the nurse assist?
1. Call a second physician to assist.
2. Prepare for an immediate cesarean delivery.
3. Assist the woman into McRoberts maneuver.
4. Utilize fundal pressure to push the fetus out.
3
Explanation: 3. The McRoberts maneuver is thought to change the maternal pelvic angle and therefore reduce the force needed to extract the shoulders, thereby decreasing the incidence of brachial plexus stretching and clavicular fracture.
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