What documentation on a woman's chart on postpartum day 14 indicates a normal involution process?
a. Moderate bright red lochial flow
b. Breasts firm and tender
c. Fundus below the symphysis and not palpable
d. Episiotomy slightly red and puffy
C
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A The lochia should be changed by this day to serosa.
B Breasts are not part of the involution process.
C The fundus descends 1 cm/day, so by postpartum day 14 it is no longer palpable.
D The episiotomy should not be red or puffy at this stage.
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