The Nurse Manager on the High-Risk OB Unit Has Been

question 14

Multiple Choice

The nurse manager on the high-risk OB unit has been told by an OB office nurse to prepare for a woman with a spinal cord injury (SCI) to deliver there.The woman wants to try a vaginal birth.What response by the nurse manager is best?

• A) Assess the level of the woman's spinal cord injury.
• B) Assure the office nurse that vaginal birth is possible.
• C) Explain that women with SCI do well with a water birth.
• D) Tell the office nurse that vaginal birth is impossible.

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