The nurse is preparing to care for a client in the immediate postpartum period who has just delivered a healthy newborn. The nurse plans to take the client's vital signs every:
1. Hour for the first 2 hours and then every 4 hours
2. 15 minutes during the first hour and then every 30 minutes for the next
2 hours
3. 30 minutes during the first hour and then every hour for the next 2 hours
4. 5 minutes for the first 30 minutes and then every hour for the next 4 hours
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Rationale: During the immediate postpartum period, vital signs are taken every 15 minutes in the first hour after birth, every 30 minutes for the next 2 hours, and every hour for the next 2 to 6 hours. Vital signs are monitored thereafter every 4 hours for 24 hours and every 8 to 12 hours for the remainder of the hospital stay.
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