The nurse is training a nurse new to the labor and delivery unit. They are caring for a laboring client who will have a forceps delivery. Which action or assessment finding requires intervention?
1. Regional anesthesia is administered via pudendal block.
2. The client is instructed to push between contractions.
3. Fetal heart tones are consistently between 110 and 115.
4. The client's bladder is emptied using a straight catheter.
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Explanation: 2. During the contraction, as the forceps are applied, the woman should avoid pushing.
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