A nurse is coaching a woman in labor in patterned breathing.To use the slow-paced breathing method,which instruction is best?

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With the slow-paced breathing pattern,the woman first takes a deep cleansing breath,then breathes slowly in and out of her mouth at about half her normal respiratory rate.Her coach counts slowly to 4 during inhalation and again during exhalation.Blowing out the candle is an instruction given during transition with the pattern-paced method.The woman should begin and end each contraction with a deep cleansing breath.Telling the woman that her respiratory rate will be half of the normal rate does not provide any specific instruction for her to follow.

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