A nurse is comparing the advantages of active management of labor (AMOL) with a less interventional approach. The nurse knows that the goal of AMOL is:
1. Preventing protracted labor and arrest of progress.
2. Preventing infection from prolonged rupture of membranes.
3. Detecting and intervening in cases of precipitous labor.
4. Relieving the anxiety and fear accompanying labor.
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Rationale 1: AMOL is identified as a preventive treatment that reduces the chances of protracted labor and decreases the cesarean birth rate.
Rationale 2: AMOL has nothing to do with infection.
Rationale 3: AMOL does not intervene in precipitous deliveries.
Rationale 4: AMOL is not for relieving fear and anxiety.
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