The most important nursing intervention after the injection of epidural anesthesia is monitoring:
a. urinary output.
b. contractions.
c. maternal blood pressure.
d. intravenous infusion rate.
C
Epidural anesthesia may produce maternal hypotension due to vasodilation.
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