Questions and Rationalized Answers (Verified Answers)
1. A nurse is explaining to a pregnant patient the purpose of electronic fetal
monitoring. Which of the following statements by the nurse is the most accu-
rate way to describe the purpose of EFM?
a. "EFM is a diagnostic procedure that monitors your baby's heart rate or FHR
and your uterine contractions.
b. "EFM is a screening procedure that monitors your baby's heart rate or FHR
and your uterine contractions."
c."EFM is a screening procedure that only monitors your baby's heart rate or
FHR."
d. "EFM is a diagnostic procedure that only monitors the frequency, duration,
and intensity of your uterine contractions."
,Ans: b. "EFM is a screening procedure that monitors your baby's heart rate or FHR
and your uterine contractions."
2. The nurse measures fetal well being during labor by paying attention to:
a. the response of the FHR to uterine contractions
b. mom's complaint of pain during the labor
c. the FHR only
d. the frequency, duration, and intensity of the mother's uterine contractions
only
Ans: a. the response of the FHR to uterine contractions
3. A nursing student explains during her presentation that the 5 factors for
adequate fetal oxygenation include:
1. normal maternal and volume to the placenta
2. normal in the maternal blood
,3. adequate exchange of and CO2 in the placenta
4. an open path between the placenta and the fetus through
vessels in the umbillical cord
5. normal fetal circulatory and -carry functions
Ans: 1. normal mater- nal blood flow and volume to placenta
2. normal oxygen saturation in the maternal blood
3. adequate exchange of oxygen and CO2 in the palcenta
4. an open circulatory path between the placenta and the fetus through vessels in
the umbillical cord
5. normal fetal circulatory and oxygen-carrying functions
4. While monitoring a baby's fetal well being using EFM, the nurse recognizes
that the baby's baseline fetal heart rate is identified as the:
a. average rate of a 30 minute segment that excludes periodic or episodic
changes
b. average rate of a 10 minute segment that excludes periodic or episodic
, changes
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