What represents the usual sequence of neurologic responses to labor?
a. Amnesia, euphoria, sedation, self-centeredness, fatigue
b. Euphoria, amnesia, self-centeredness, fatigue, elation
c. Self-centeredness, fatigue, elation, euphoria, amnesia
d. Euphoria, self-centeredness, amnesia, fatigue, elation
ANS: D
The woman's behavior commonly changes throughout the course of her labor. Initially, she tends to be euphoric, then self-centered. In the second stage, amnesia is common. Fatigue and elation occur in the third and fourth stages.
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