When Managing the Care of a Woman in the Second

question 16

Multiple Choice

When managing the care of a woman in the second stage of labor,the nurse uses various measures to enhance the progress of fetal descent.These measures include:

• A) encouraging the woman to try various upright positions, including squatting and standing.
• B) telling the woman to start pushing as soon as her cervix is fully dilated.
• C) continuing an epidural anesthetic so pain is reduced and the woman can relax.
• D) coaching the woman to use sustained, 10- to 15-second, closed-glottis bearing-down efforts with each contraction.

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