Your laboring client has asked that you help her to use a cutaneous stimulation strategy for pain management, you would then:
a. assist her into the shower.
b. apply a heat pack to lower back.
c. help her to create a relaxing mental scene.
d. encourage cleansing breaths and slow-paced breathing.
ANS: B
Cutaneous stimulation includes self-massage, massage by others, counterpressure, touch, thermal stimulation, and acupressure. A shower, tub, or whirlpool are forms of hydrotherapy; creating a relaxed mental scene is mental stimulation. The use of cleansing breaths and patterned breathing is part of breathing techniques for labor.
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