The nurse is assessing patients after delivery. For which patient is early discharge at 24 hours after delivery appropriate?
1. Multipara, has had two successful breastfeedings.
2. Primipara, bottle-feeding, has not voided since delivery.
3. Multipara, twins delivered at 35 weeks, bottle-feeding
4. Primipara, cesarean birth performed for fetal distress
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Rationale 1: Both mother and infant must be physiologically stable for early discharge. Feeding successfully is one of the physiologic needs of the infant, just as voiding is a physiologic need of the mother.
Rationale 2: Both mother and infant must be physiologically stable for early discharge. Voiding is a physiologic need of the mother.
Rationale 3: Preterm infants are not appropriate for early discharge.
Rationale 4: Infants who experienced distress in labor are not appropriate for early discharge.
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