PN ati Maternal Newborn 2020
PN ati Maternal Newborn 2020 ( 47 Questions)
A nurse is auscultating fetal heart tones with a Doppler device for a client who is at 12 weeks of gestation. Where should the nurse expect to auscultate the fetal heart tones?
Auscultating fetal heart tones in the umbilical area is not the standard location.
Fetal heart tones are typically not audible below the liver border on the right abdomen at 12 weeks.
At 12 weeks of gestation, the uterus is still low in the pelvis and the fetal heart tones can be heard best in the suprapubic area, which is above the pubic bone and below the umbilicus.
Auscultating above the left iliac crest is not a standard location for fetal heart tones.
A. Auscultating fetal heart tones in the umbilical area is not the standard location.
B. Fetal heart tones are typically not audible below the liver border on the right abdomen at 12 weeks.
C. At 12 weeks of gestation, the uterus is still low in the pelvis and the fetal heart tones can be heard best in the suprapubic area, which is above the pubic bone and below the umbilicus.
D. Auscultating above the left iliac crest is not a standard location for fetal heart tones.