What should nurses be aware of with regard to systemic analgesics administered during labour?
A) Systemic analgesics cross the maternal blood-brain barrier as easily as they do the fetal blood-brain barrier.
B) Effects on the fetus include absent or minimal fetal heart rate (FHR) variability.
C) Intramuscular (IM) administration is preferred over intravenous (IV) administration.
D) IV patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) results in increased use of an analgesic.
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