A woman gave birth vaginally to a 9-pound, 12-ounce girl yesterday. Her primary health care provider has written orders for perineal ice packs, use of a sitz bath tid, and a stool softener
What information is most closely correlated with these orders? a. The woman is a gravida 2, para 2.
b. The woman had a vacuum-assisted birth.
c. The woman received epidural anesthesia.
d. The woman has an episiotomy.
D
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A A multiparous classification is not an indication for these orders.
B A vacuum-assisted birth may be used in conjunction with an episiotomy, which
indicates these interventions.
C Use of epidural anesthesia has no correlation with these orders.
D These orders are typical interventions for a woman who has had an episiotomy,
lacerations, and hemorrhoids.
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