Multiple Choice
The nurse preceptor is teaching a nursing student about the physiology of the fetal heart rate (FHR) pattern. Which statement by the student indicates successful teaching about this concept?
A) "Vagus nerve stimulation increases FHR and helps maintain variability."
B) "The sympathetic nervous system is responsible for heart rate variability."
C) "Action of the FHR occurs through the absence of norepinephrine."
D) "Baroreceptors are responsible for increasing FHR and fetal blood pressure."
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