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What is your first intervention in management of a patient experiencing
variable decelerations?
a. Immediate delivery
b. Change maternal position
c. No treatment indicated
d. Oxygen
e. Stop oxytocin infusion - ANS ✓b. Change maternal position
Etiology of a baseline FHR of 165bpm occurring for the last hour can be:
1. Maternal supine hypotension
2. Maternal fever
3. Maternal dehydration 4. Unknown
a. 1 and 2
b. 1, 2 and 3
c. 2, 3 and 4 - ANS ✓c. 2, 3 and 4
What is the most probable cause of recurrent late decelerations?
a. Utero-placental insufficiency
b. Head compression
c. Cord compression
d. Maternal position change - ANS ✓a. Utero-placental insufficiency
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Which of the following does not affect the degree of fetal activity?
a. Vibroacoustic stimulation
b. Smoking
c. Fetal position
d. Gestational age - ANS ✓a. Vibroacoustic stimulation
To be considered reactive, a nonstress test must have:
a. 4 fetal heart rate accelerations in a 20 minute window
b. 2 fetal heart rate accelerations in a 10 minute window
c. 4 fetal heart rate accelerations in a 40 minute window
d. 2 fetal heart rate accelerations in a 20 minute window - ANS ✓d. 2 fetal
heart rate accelerations in a 20 minute window
If a nonstress test is nonreactive after 40 minutes, the next step should be:
a. Have the client go home and do fetal movement counts
b. Do a biophysical profile or contraction stress test
c. Repeat the nonstress test within a week
d. Admit the client for delivery - ANS ✓b. Do a biophysical profile or
contraction stress test
All of the following are components of a biophysical profile except:
a. Contraction stress test
b. Assessment of fetal breathing
c. Amniotic fluid volume measurement
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d. Fetal movement assessment - ANS ✓a. Contraction stress test
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Which of the following conditions is not an indication for antepartum fetal
surveillance?
a. Gestational hypertension
b. Diabetes in pregnancy
c. Fetus in breech presentation
d. Decreased fetal movement - ANS ✓c. Fetus in breech presentation
The most prevalent risk factor associated with fetal death before the onset
of labor is:
a. Low socioeconomic status
b. Fetal malpresentation
c. Uteroplacental insufficiency
d. Uterine anomalies - ANS ✓c. Uteroplacental insufficiency
Which of the following is NOT used for antepartum fetal surveillance?
a. Fetal movement counting
b. Antepartum fetal heart rate testing
c. Biophysical profile testing
d. Maternal HCG levels - ANS ✓d. Maternal HCG levels
A modified biophysical profile includes a nonstress test and:
a. Contraction stress test
b. Ultrasound assessment of fetal movement
c. Ultrasound assessment of amniotic fluid volume
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d. Fetal movement counts - ANS ✓c. Ultrasound assessment of amniotic fluid
volume
You recognize that an FHR tracing has been showing a decrease in
variability for the last 45 minutes. Your first intervention should be to
A. Encourage ambulation
B. Administer oxygen
C. Discontinue IV fluids
D. Increase Pitocin rate - ANS ✓B. Administer oxygen
Resuscitation measures improves the baby's variability, but the FHR is still
not reactive. You attempt fetal scalp stimulation (FSE) because you know
that a well-oxygenated fetus will respond to FSE with a(n)
A. Acceleration
B. Deceleration
C. Fetal movement
D. Sleep pattern - ANS ✓A. Acceleration
You are evaluating a patient in the Prenatal Testing Department who has
just completed a biophysical profile (BPP). You suspect that there could be
chronic fetal asphyxia because the score is below
A. 10
B. 6
C. 8 - ANS ✓B. 6
When using a fetal scalp electrode (FSE), you notice an abnormally low FHR
on the monitor. You should first
A. Compare maternal pulse simultaneously with FHR
B. Remove FSE
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