NURS 247 Week 3: Fetal Heart Rate
Monitoring (Lippincott Practice and Learn)
"Why is fetal monitor needed?" Which facts are should the nurse include
a. Fetal monitoring identifies when patient transitions to stage 1 to stage 2
b. Fetal monitoring tracks fetal heart rate
c. Fetal monitoring monitors the progression of labor
d. Fetal monitoring helps to assess how well the fetus is tolerating contractions
e. Fetal monitoring tracks frequency and duration of contractions - ANS-b. Fetal
monitoring tracks fetal heart rate
d. Fetal monitoring helps to assess how well the fetus is tolerating contractions
e. Fetal monitoring tracks frequency and duration of contractions
The nurse walks Maria and Joe to a labor room. Place the following activities in order
performed - ANS-1. Instruct patient to remove clothing and put on a gown
2. Ask the patient to lie down in bed
3. Place wedge or hip roll under one side
4. Perform Leopold maneuvers
5. Place toco on uterine fundus and secure with belt
6. Place ultasound transducer over the fetal back and secure with belt
7. Confirm auscultation of FHR by palpating maternal radial pulse
8. Adjust the monitor volume as desired by patient
Which characteristics of the patient's labor can be evaluated from the monitor tracing?
a. intenisty of contractions
b. tone of the uterus
c. frequency of contractions
d. duration of contractions
e. relaxation of the uterus - ANS-c. frequency of contractions
d. duration of contractions
FHR baseline is 125, moderate variability, three spontaneous accelerations, no
decelerations, contraction every 3 minutes, lasting 70 seconds. What can the nurse
determine from the assessment findings?
a. patient is entering the next phase of labor
b. contractions are strong enough to change the cervix
c. the fetal hr is classified as category 3 and abnormal
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