Nurses should be aware of the differences experience can make in labor pain such as:
a. Sensory pain for nulliparous women often is greater than for multiparous women during early labor.
b. Affective pain for nulliparous women usually is less than for multiparous women throughout the first stage of labor.
c. Women with a history of substance abuse experience more pain during labor.
d. Multiparous women have more fatigue from labor and therefore experience more pain.
ANS: A
Sensory pain is greater for nulliparous women because their reproductive tract structures are less supple. Affective pain is greater for nulliparous women during the first stage but decreases for both nulliparous and multiparous during the second stage. Women with a history of substance abuse experience the same amount of pain as those without such a history. Nulliparous women have longer labors and therefore experience more fatigue.
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