Ati Maternal Newborn Final Study Guide Rated A+

A nurse is caring for a client who is in labor. The client questions the application of an internal fetal scalp monitor. Which of the following responses should the nurse make? {Ans: we need to observe your baby more closely - This therapeutic response provides information to the client in an honest, nonthreatening manner. The use of an internal fetal scalp monitor, or an internal spiral electrode, provides a more accurate assessment of fetal well-being during labor.}A nurse is caring for a client who is at 36 weeks of gestation and has pre-eclampsia. Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as the priority? {Ans: nonreactive nonstress test - the nurse determines that the priority finding is a nonreactive nonstress test. A nonstress test measures fetal heart rate (FHR) accelerations with normal movement. A fetal acceleration is a positive sign present when the FHR increases 15/min and lasts 15 seconds. In a nonreactive nonstress test, there are no accelerations. Absence of FHR accelerations suggests that the fetus might be going into distress.}A nurse is caring for a newborn who has irregular respirations of 52/min with several periods of apnea lasting approx. 5 seconds. The newborn is pink