Exam 7: Nursing Management of Pain During Labor and Birth

What assessment should be taken immediately after the anesthesiologist administers an epidural block to a laboring woman?

A laboring patient requests hot and cold applications be applied to her abdomen for pain control.How will this intervention act to control pain?

The nurse is preparing a teaching plan for a woman receiving a subarachnoid block before delivery.What nursing action will be included in this plan to prevent the associated side effect of this type of anesthesia?

The nurse coaches the primigravida not to bear down until the cervix is completely dilated.What may premature bearing down cause?

What breathing techniques would the nurse teach the prenatal patient to help her focus during labor in order to reduce pain? (Select all that apply. )

Several hours into labor,a woman complains of dizziness,numbness,and tingling of her hands and mouth.What does the nurse recognize these symptoms signify?

The nurse is caring for a woman with epidural anesthesia for pain control during a vaginal delivery.A risk for injury related to epidural anesthesia has been identified by the nursing staff.What interventions are appropriate for the nurse to implement related to this diagnosis? (Select all that apply. )

What is the Dick-Read method of childbirth preparation based on?

Which narcotic antagonist is used to reverse narcotic-induced respiratory depression?

The nurse is instructing a Lamaze class on abdominal breathing and tells a patient that her baseline respiratory rate is 22 breaths per minute.What should be the patient's rate while performing slow breathing?

What typical types of classes are available to help expectant parents prepare for parenthood? (Select all that apply. )

What is the least amount of sensation that one perceives as pain?

What would the nurse guide a labor coach to do to comfort a woman tensing her muscles with contractions?

When a pregnant woman arrives at the labor suite,she tells the nurse that she wants to have an epidural for delivery.What is a contraindication to an epidural block?

The nurse who encourages the gate control theory of pain control would advise a woman in labor and her partner to use which nonpharmacological method of pain management?

An 18-year-old primigravida is 4 cm dilated and her contractions are 5 minutes apart.She received little prenatal care and had no childbirth preparation.She is crying loudly and shouting,"Please give me something for the pain.I can't take the pain!" What is the priority nursing diagnosis?

A woman in labor has had an epidural block for pain relief.The nurse will be assessing carefully for what associated side effect of this type of regional anesthesia?

A nurse is teaching a childbirth preparation class.The group is discussing individual expression of labor pain.What statement is accurate about a patient's expression of pain?

Which position(s)and exercise(s)will the nurse teach as beneficial in combating discomfort in the later stages of pregnancy? (Select all that apply. )

A patient who received an epidural block asks why her blood pressure is taken so often.What is the nurse's best response to explain the frequent blood pressure assessments?