AWHONN Fetal Heart monitoring basics Exam Questions and Answers
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POEP AWHONN
AWHONN Fetal Heart monitoring basics
Exam Questions and Answers
Which contraction characteristics can be assessed with a tocodynamometer?
a) Frequency
b) Duration
c) Intensity - ANSWER-a) Frequency
b) Duration
All Fetuses of mothers in labor experience an interruption of the oxygenation path...
2. CO2 returns to intervillous space by passive diffusion and is removed by the mat. venous system.
Maternal hypotension is a potential side effect of regional anesthesia and analgesia. What nursing
interventions could you use to raise the client's blood pressure? Choose all that apply.
A) Place the woman in a supine position.
B) Place the woman in a lateral position.
C) Increase intravenous (IV) fluids.
D) Continuous Fetal Monitor
E) Administer ephedrine per MD order - ANSWER✔✔-Place her in lateral position, & increase IV fluids. If
no improvement may need to give epi to increase vascular tone.
Define maternal hypertension (gestational). - ANSWER✔✔-systolic BP >= 140mm hg, a diastolic BP>= 90
mm hg or MAP of >=105
What is the normal expected value for a term fetal HGB? - ANSWER✔✔-17g/dl, fetal hgb has a higher
oxygen affinity than an adult to develop in an oxygen poor environment. The fetal circulatory pattern
ensures blood with higher O2 and nutrition content is delivered to the vital organs (brain and heart) to
tolerate the stress of labor.
detail the umbilical cord - ANSWER✔✔-1 vein, 2 arteries encased in wharton's jelly.
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