The nurse has presented a teaching session on pain relief options to a prenatal class. Which patient statement indicates that additional teaching is needed?
1. "An epidural can be continuous or one dose."
2. "General anesthesia is usually recommended for a patient who delivers by way of cesarean section."
3. "Narcotics can be given through a patient's epidural infusion catheter."
4. "A pudendal block usually works well to control pain during episiotomy repair."
Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: Epidural anesthesia can be administered in a single dose or via continuous infusion.
Rationale 2: Compared to general anesthesia, spinal anesthesia is usually the anesthetic of choice indicated in the management of patients undergoing cesarean section.
Rationale 3: To provide analgesia for approximately 24 hours after the birth, the analgesia provider may inject an opioid, such as morphine sulfate (Duramorph) or fentanyl (Sublimaze), into the epidural space immediately after the birth
Rationale 4: A pudendal block technique is given in the second stage of labor for the provision of perineal anesthesia for the latter part of the first stage of labor, the second stage, birth, and episiotomy repair.
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