A nurse is caring for a client 2 hours after a vacuum-assist…
A nurse is caring for a client 2 hours after a vacuum-assisted vaginal delivery of a 4,180-g (9 lb 3 oz) infant. The client reports escalating rectal pressure and severe perineal pain that she rates as 10/10 despite receiving prescribed analgesics 20 minutes earlier. Assessment reveals a firm, midline uterus at the level of the umbilicus with scant lochia rubra. The nurse notes unilateral swelling of the right labia that is tense, ecchymotic, and exquisitely tender to palpation. Which nursing action is the priority?
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