A nurse is checking the postpartum orders. The doctor has prescribed bedrest for 6–12 hours. The nurse knows this is an appropriate order if the client had which type of anesthesia?
1. Spinal
2. Pudendal
3. General
4. Epidural
1
Rationale:
1. Keeping the postpartum client in bed for 6–12 hours after receiving a spinal is thought to decrease the risk of headache and allow sensation to return to extremities before ambulating.
2. Keeping the postpartum client in bed for 6–12 hours after receiving a spinal is thought to decrease the risk of headache and allow sensation to return to extremities before ambulating.
3. Keeping the postpartum client in bed for 6–12 hours after receiving a spinal is thought to decrease the risk of headache and allow sensation to return to extremities before ambulating.
4. Keeping the postpartum client in bed for 6–12 hours after receiving a spinal is thought to decrease the risk of headache and allow sensation to return to extremities before ambulating.
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