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The laboring patient has rated her pain at 9 on a scale of 110, and she requests IV pain medication.
 
  She has refused epidural anesthesia, but her certified nurse-midwife (CNM) has ordered butorphanol tartrate (Stadol) for administration to the patient. Which action should the nurse complete next?
  1. Advise the woman as to the actions and contraindications associated with butorphanol tartrate and obtain her consent for administration of the medication.
  2. Offer the woman epidural anesthesia once more and describe the effectiveness of this method of labor pain control.
  3. Obtain maternal vital signs and assess the fetal heart rate (FHR).
  4. Administer oxygen via face mask at 6 to 10 liters per minute.
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