Author Question: You auscultate the fetal heart rate (FHR) and determine a rate of 152 . Which action is appropriate? ... (Read 62 times)

dmcintosh · **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

Sophiapenny · **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.