The patient requires vacuum extraction assistance. To provide easier access to the fetal head, the physician cuts a mediolateral episiotomy. After delivery, the patient asks what kind of episiotomy was performed. What is the best response for the nurse to make? "The episiotomy":
A) "Goes straight back toward your rectum."
B) "Is from your vagina toward the urethra."
C) "Is cut diagonally away from your vagina."
D) "Extends from your vagina into your rectum."
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Q8: Induction of labor is planned for a
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