问题
单项选择题
A 26-year-old primigravida is in labor. Her cervix is 5 cm dilated and 75% effaced; the fetus is at 0 station. The client requests medication to relieve the discomfort of contractions, and the physician prescribes an epidural regional block. What position should the nurse help the client to assume when the epidural is administered
A. Lithotomy.
B. Supine.
C. Prone.
D. Lateral.
答案
参考答案：D
解析：The client is placed on her left side, with shoulders parallel and legs slightly flexed. The epidural space, the potential space between the dura mater and the ligamentum flavum, is readily accessed with the client on her side. None of the other positions allows proper access to the epidural space.