A nurse is caring for a woman who just experienced a cesarean birth under epidural anesthesia.What interventions are important to include on this woman's care plan?

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Because epidural or spinal anesthesia causes loss of sensation in the legs,women are kept on bedrest after cesarean birth until the sensation returns (unless they had general anesthesia).This increases the risk of deep vein thrombosis,so compression stockings or sequential compression devices and ankle exercises are important.The woman does not need to be kept NPO until she is allowed out of bed,nor does she need supervision to hold her infant while in bed.

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