The nurse is preparing a client education handout on the differences between false labor and true labor. What information is most important for the nurse to include?
1. True labor contractions begin in the back and sweep toward the front.
2. False labor often feels like abdominal tightening, or "balling up."
3. True labor can be diagnosed only if cervical change occurs.
4. False labor contractions do not increase in intensity or duration.
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Explanation: 3. Cervical change is the only factor that actually distinguishes false from true labor. The contractions of true labor produce progressive dilatation and effacement of the cervix. The contractions of false labor do not produce progressive cervical effacement and dilatation.
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