Reflection Questions

1.

What type of FHR tracing would prompt the nurse to contact the health-care provider?

2.

What would the nurse expect to see on the fetal monitor strip after discovering the laboring person has a fever?

3.

Describe the following fetal monitor tracing.

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4.

What type of training should labor and delivery nurses receive prior to using fetal monitors?

5.

How would the nurse educate the laboring patient on the insertion of internal monitors?

6.

Describe the possible side effect of epidural anesthesia on the FHR.

7.

Describe a sinusoidal pattern and its significance.

8.

Discuss the relationship between moderate FHR variability and fetal oxygenation.

9.

What are the goals of intrauterine resuscitation?

10.

What are the nursing actions for abnormal FHR variability?