The nurse is monitoring a patient who is having her sixth child. The patient has gone beyond term, and labor is being induced with oxytocin (Pitocin). The nurse understands that this patient is at risk for
a. hemorrhage.
b. placental insufficiency.
c. uterine rupture.
d. water intoxication.
C
Induction of labor in women of high parity (five or more pregnancies) carries a high risk of ute-rine rupture, and oxytocin should be used with great caution.
Oxytocin poses no apparent risk of hemorrhage or placental insufficiency.
The patient would be at risk for water intoxication if high doses of oxytocin were being adminis-tered.
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