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
B
Preserve a greater amount of maternal motor function
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