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The labor and delivery nurse and a nurse new to the labor and delivery unit are admitting a laboring patient. The patient is making groaning guttural sounds during contractions and answering questions with one-word answers.
 
  The labor and delivery nurse simultaneously is quickly setting up the instruments and sterile field for this delivery while asking the admission questions between contractions. The experienced labor and delivery nurse has not yet completed a pelvic exam. The nurse new to labor and delivery understands that this is an example of:
  1. An expert nurse assessing advanced labor and imminent delivery in the patient.
  2. The correct order of steps when admitting a laboring patient.
  3. Inconsistencies in an individual nurse's approach to patient care.
  4. Advanced nurse practice.

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