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F.A Davis Exam 2 (CH 7,8,9) actual practice test
detailed accurate solutions/revised
1. While assessing the tracing of a term laboring patient on continuous
fetal monitoring, the nurse notes the fetal heart rate is 115 bpm with
moderate vari- ability. There are several early decelerations, along with
a few accelerations that last 30 seconds and increase the heart rate by
20 bpm. What category of fetal heart tracing is this?: Category 1
2. When counting contractions, which of the following is true?: Frequency
is counted as the beginning of one contraction to the beginning of the next
contraction
3. Counterpressure over the sacral area will be most beneficial to which
of the following patients?: Madison, at 6 cm with her baby ROP, kneeling on
her bed rating her pain at a 7 on a 1 to 10 scale during contractions and a
5/10 between them
4. : EFM has reduced the cesarean rate in healthy pregnancies since its
introduction
5. A new nurse on the floor is describing the need for internal fetal
monitoring to the nurse educator during a simulation drill. Which of the
following state- ments made by the new nurse indicates a need for
further education?: "Internal monitors can be placed in my patient at any
time here is a concern for fetal
well-being."
6. A new nurse has placed a laboring patient on the external monitor for
EFM. When the provider comes into the room and notes the location of
the ultrasound transducer and the category I strip, they ask for the
ultrasound machine and to contact the OR to prepare for a nonemergent
cesarean section. What has the provider seen that would prompt this
action?: The transducer is 1 cm above and to the left of the umbilicus
7. Place the maternal structures based on the cardinal movements of
labor in the order in which they are reached.: Entering the maternal inlet
