The nurse is performing fetal heart monitoring (FHM) on a client who is 39-weeks along and has been in labor for 14 hours. Which of the following findings is the LEAST concerning?
A nurse is caring for a client who is in labor. The nurse has applied external fetal monitoring and notes that the baby’s heart rate is having late decelerations. Which of the following actions should the nurse perform? Select all that apply.
A nurse is caring for a client who is in labor at the hospital. The nurse prepares to apply an external fetal monitor but the client is morbidly obese and the monitor does not fit well. What should the nurse do? Select all that apply.
A nurse is caring for a client who is in labor. The client has an external fetal heart monitor in place and the nurse is watching the baby’s heart rate. The nurse notes that the infants heart rate increases to 180 beats per minute and stays elevated for 10 minutes before returning to 140 bpm again. Which of the following nursing actions is most appropriate?
The nurse is performing fetal heart monitoring (FHM) on a client who is 39 weeks along and has been in labor for 14 hours. Which of the following findings is the MOST concerning?
A nurse caring for a pregnant client is checking fetal heart tones using a Doppler stethoscope. Which of the following interventions would the nurse employ during this process? Select all that apply.
A client who is 39 weeks’ gestation is in labor has started pushing during delivery. The nurse is performing external fetal monitoring during this time and notes that the baby’s heart rate drops during contractions but increases again by the time the contraction has ended. Which action of the nurse is most appropriate?
A nurse is caring for a client who is in labor and who needs fetal heart monitoring. Which of the following is considered a non-reassuring sign seen during fetal heart rate monitoring? Select all that apply.
A nurse is caring for a pregnant mother in labor and assessing the fetal heart monitor. Which of the following situations would require intervention?
While checking a fetal heart rate (FHR) on a pregnant client who is in labor, a nurse notes that the fetal heart rate slows below the baseline each time the mother has a contraction. By the end of the contraction, the FHR has returned to a normal rate. Which of the following best describes this phenomenon?
