AWHONN INTERMEDIATE FETAL MONITORING EXAMS FINAL PAPER 2026 FULL STUDY GUIDE

AWHONN INTERMEDIATE FETAL MONITORING
EXAMS FINAL PAPER 2026 FULL STUDY GUIDE

◉ what should CO2 be. Answer: 60 or lower


◉ what should base excess or base deficit be. Answer: 12 or lower


◉ if CO2 is greater than 60, what type of acidosis. Answer:
respiratory


◉ if base excess greater than 12, what type of acidosis. Answer:
metabolic


◉ the approximate mean FHR rounded to increments of ____ bpm
during a ____ minute window, excluding:
-accelerations and deceleratons
-periods of marked variability. Answer: baseline fetal heart rate, 5,
10


◉ for baseline fetal heart rate there must be at least ___ minutes of
identifiable baseline segments in a ___ minute window or the
baseline for that period is indeterminate. Answer: 2, 10

, ◉ bradycardia is a baseline of < ____ bpm for > ___ minutes. Answer:
110, 10


◉ tachycardia is a baseline of >___ bpm for >___ minutes. Answer:
160, 10


◉ what can cause bradycardia. Answer: contractions, high pitocin


◉ what can cause tachycardia. Answer: infection, drugs,
hypothyroid, fetal anemia


◉ smooth wavelike pattern for at least ____ minutes, associated with
fetal _____. Answer: sinusoidal, 20, anemia


◉ what can cause sinusoidal FHR. Answer: bleeding


◉ fluctuations in the baseline FHR that are irregular in amplitude
and frequency. Answer: baseline variability


◉ undetectable amplitude range. Answer: absent variability


◉ > detectable amplitude range but less than or equal to 5 bpm.
Answer: minimal variability