A nurse is describing the different types of regional analgesia and anesthesia for labor to a group of pregnant women. Which statement by the group indicates that the teaching was successful?
A) "We can get up and walk around after receiving combined spinal–epidural analgesia."
B) "Higher anesthetic doses are needed for patient-controlled epidural analgesia."
C) "A pudendal nerve block is highly effective for pain relief in the first stage of labor."
D) "Local infiltration using lidocaine is an appropriate method for controlling contraction pain."
A
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