Placing the labor client in the hands-and-knees position seems to facilitate which of these?
a. pain relief during the transition phase of labor
b. fetal rotation from an occiput posterior position to an anterior position
c. fetal progression through the pelvis
d. uteroplacental blood flow
B
The placement in the hands-and-knees position of the laboring client can result in fetal rotation from an occiput posterior position to an anterior position.
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