[Answered]: Critical thinking while caring for a laboring…

Critical thinking while caring for a laboring patient in pain Your labor patient was admitted at 0600 this morning. When you started your shift at 0700, your patient stated her pain level was 7/10. The last SVE was at 0600 and was 4/50%/0 in the vertex position. Contractions are every 2-3 minutes, moderate intensity with uterine relaxation in between contractions. FHR is Category I. The Obstetrician has ordered an epidural. The epidural is placed per patient request at 0730. It is now 0830; your patient states she has had pain relief since the initial bolus. Select the total score. A. 5 B. 0 C. 2 D. 1