The Nurse Is Preparing to Care for a Client in the Immediate

The nurse is preparing to care for a client in the immediate postpartum period who has just delivered a healthy newborn. The nurse plans to take the client's vital signs every:

A) Hour for the first 2 hours and then every 4 hours
B) 15 minutes during the first hour and then every 30 minutes for the next 2 hours
C) 30 minutes during the first hour and then every hour for the next 2 hours
D) 5 minutes for the first 30 minutes and then every hour for the next 4 hours