• Maintain a safe, effective health care environment for a client in active labor.
• Provide patient-centered care by utilizing the nursing process for a client in active labor.
• Relate the client’s health status to assessment findings, medications, laboratory and diagnostic results, and medical and nursing interventions.
• Plan pain management during labor based on client preferences.
• Plan assessments and interventions associated with epidural anesthesia.
• Provide patient education during active labor to the client and her partner.
• Communicate therapeutically.
• Report complete, accurate, and pertinent information to the health care team.