Breathing Patterns Are Taught to Laboring Women

question 16

Multiple Choice

Breathing patterns are taught to laboring women.Which breathing pattern would the nurse support for the woman and her coach during the latent phase of the first stage of labor if the couple had attended Lamaze classes?

• A)Slow-paced breathing
• B)Deep abdominal breathing
• C)Modified-paced breathing
• D)Patterned-paced breathing

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