Exam 18: Fetal Assessment During Labor

A new client and her partner arrive on the labor,delivery,recovery,and postpartum (LDRP)unit for the birth of their first child.You apply the electronic fetal monitor to the woman.Her partner asks you to explain what is printing on the graph,referring to the EFM strip.He wants to know what the baby's heart rate should be.Your best response is:

In assessing the immediate condition of the newborn after birth,a sample of cord blood may be a useful adjunct to the Apgar score.Cord blood is then tested for pH,carbon dioxide,oxygen,and base deficit or excess.Clinical situations that warrant this additional testing include (choose all that apply):

Five essential components of any fetal heart rate (FHR)tracing must be evaluated regularly.These include (choose all that apply):

What is an advantage of external electronic fetal monitoring?

A nurse caring for a woman in labor should understand that absent or minimal variability is classified as either abnormal or indeterminate.Which condition related to decreased variability is considered benign?

External fetal monitoring cannot detect the ____________________ of uterine contractions.

According to the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)Three-Tier System of Fetal Heart Rate Classification,category III tracings include all fetal heart rate (FHR)tracings not categorized as category I or II.Which characteristics of the fetal heart rate belong in category III?

In assisting with the two factors that have an effect on fetal status,namely pushing and positioning,nurses should:

When using intermittent auscultation (IA)for a fetal heart rate (FHR),nurses should be aware that:

The nurse providing care for a high risk laboring woman is alert for late fetal heart rate (FHR)decelerations.These late decelerations may be caused by:

Fetal tachycardia is most common during: