If the position of a fetus in a cephalic presentation is right occiput anterior, the nurse should assess the fetal heart rates in which quadrant of the maternal abdomen?

a. Right upper
b. Left upper
c. Right lower
d. Left lower


C
If the fetus is in a right occiput anterior position, the fetal spine will be on the mother's right side. The best location to hear the fetal heart rates is through the fetal shoulder, which would be in the right lower quadrant.
The right upper, left upper, and left lower areas are not the best location for assessing the fet-al heart rate in this case.

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