Assessment
Assessment ( 15 Questions)
A nurse is performing a physical examination on a client who is at 30 weeks of gestation and has pre-term labor.
Which of the following findings indicates fetal distress?
A fetal heart rate of 150/min is within the normal range of 110-160 bpm.
A fetal heart rate variability of 10/min is considered moderate and reassuring.
Fetal heart rate decelerations indicate fetal distress because they reflect a decrease in blood flow or oxygen to the fetus.
Fetal heart rate accelerations are a sign of fetal well-being and indicate that the fetus is responding to stimuli.
Fetal heart rate decelerations indicate fetal distress because they reflect a decrease in blood flow or oxygen to the fetus.
Choice A is wrong because a fetal heart rate of 150/min is within the normal range of 110-160 bpm. Choice B is wrong because a fetal heart rate variability of 10/min is considered moderate and reassuring. Choice D is wrong because fetal heart rate accelerations are a sign of fetal well-being and indicate that the fetus is responding to stimuli.