In a Routine Prenatal Visit,the Nurse Examining a Patient Who

question 14

Multiple Choice

In a routine prenatal visit,the nurse examining a patient who is 37 weeks pregnant notices that the fetal heart rate (FHR) has dropped to 120 beats/min from a rate of 160 beats/min earlier in the pregnancy.The nurse should:

• A) ask if the patient has taken a sedative.
• B) notify the physician.
• C) turn the patient to her right side.
• D) record rate as a normal finding.

---

Definitions:

Liquidated Damages

A pre-determined amount of money agreed upon in a contract, paid as compensation for failure to perform certain obligations by the stipulated deadline.

Earthquake

A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.

Prohibitively Expensive

Costs that are so high they discourage or prevent an individual or entity from purchasing a service or product or undertaking an action.

Impossibility of Performance

A legal doctrine that releases parties from their contractual obligations when an event occurs that makes performance objectively impossible.