The initial vaginal examination of a woman admitted to the labor unit reveals that the cervix is dilated 9 cm.The panicked woman asks the nurse,"Please give me something." The most appropriate pain relief intervention for a woman in precipitate labor is to:
A) get an order for an intravenous narcotic.
B) notify the anesthesiologist for an epidural block.
C) stay and breathe with her during contractions.
D) tell her to bear with it because she is close to delivery.
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