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When the nurse is caring for a labor patient who is on continuous electronic fetal monitoring, the baseline fetal heart rate is 150 beats/minute. Which pattern would alert the nurse to possible fetal distress?
 
  a. A baseline variability of 20 beats/minute
  b. Fetal heart rate of 170 beats/minute during vaginal examinations
  c. Heart rate of 115 beats/minute at the beginning of a uterine contraction
  d. Heart rate of 100 beats/minute beginning at the peak of a uterine contraction
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6 years ago
ANS: D
A decrease in FHR that begins at the peak of a contraction is often associated with uteroplacental insufficiency.
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