When Managing the Care of a Woman in the Second

question 11

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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Definitions:

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