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appyboo

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In a routine prenatal visit, the nurse examining a patient who is 37 weeks pregnant notices that the fetal heart rate (FHR) has dropped to 120 beats/min from a rate of 160 beats/min earlier in the pregnancy. What is the nurse's first action?
 
  a. Ask if the patient has taken a sedative.
  b. Notify the physician.
  c. Turn the patient to her right side.
  d. Record the rate as a normal finding.

Question 2

During the second prenatal visit, the nurse attempts to locate the fetal heartbeat with an electronic Doppler device. How early might fetal heart tones be detected with an electronic Doppler device?
 
  a. 4 weeks
  b. 8 weeks
  c. 10 weeks
  d. 14 weeks


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Joc

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Reply #1 on: Jun 28, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
The FHR at term ranges from a low of 110 to 120 beats/min to a high of 150 to 160 beats/min. This should be recorded as normal. The FHR drops in the late stages of pregnancy.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
The fetal heartbeat can be detected as early as 10 weeks of pregnancy using a Doppler device.


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Reply 2 on: Jun 28, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Wow, this really help

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