The perinatal nurse is preparing a woman for a scheduled cesarean birth. The woman will be receiving spinal anesthesia for the birth. In order to prevent maternal hypotension, the nurse:
A) Assists the woman to lie down in a supine position.
B) Administers a rapid intravenous infusion of 500 mL of normal saline.
C) Assesses blood pressure and pulse every 5 minutes, three times, before the spinal insertion.
D) Encourages frequent cleansing breaths after the patient has been placed in the correct position for the anesthesia administration.
Question 2
The perinatal nurse understands that the purpose of combining an opioid with a local anesthetic agent in an epidural is primarily to:
A) Increase the total anesthetic volume
B) Preserve a greater amount of maternal motor function
C) Increase the intensity of the motor and sensory block
D) Decrease the number of side effects
Birth Clouds
Nurse's hand over patients abdomen
Nurse palpating the patient's brachial artery
Woman doing housework
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U.S. Life Expectancy by Year of Birth