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dmcintosh

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on: Jun 27, 2018
You auscultate the fetal heart rate (FHR) and determine a rate of 152 . Which action is appropriate?
 
  a. Immediately report the FHR to the physician.
  b. Inform the client that the rate is normal.
  c. Reassess the FHR in 5 minutes.
  d. Take the client's temperature.

Question 2

The majority of infants who are infected with herpes simplex virus (HSV) acquire the infection by which mode of transmission?
 
  a. Ascending infection by way of the birth canal
  b. Direct contamination during passage through an infected birth canal
  c. Direct transmission from infected personnel or family
  d. Transplacental infections


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Sophiapenny

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Reply #1 on: Jun 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B
The normal fetal heart rate is 110 bpm to 160 bpm, so this is normal and reassuring the mother that the rate is normal is an appropriate nursing action.

Answer to Question 2

B
Most infected infants contract HSV from direct contact with the microbe during passage through the infected birth canal.


dmcintosh

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Reply 2 on: Jun 27, 2018
Excellent

strudel15

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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