A Nurse Notes Fetal Heart Rate Decelerations That Appear to Start

question 40

Multiple Choice

A nurse notes fetal heart rate decelerations that appear to start just prior to a uterine contraction with the fetal heart rate returning to normal by the end of the contraction.How does the nurse document this finding?

• A) Early deceleration
• B) Late deceleration
• C) Mild deceleration
• D) Variable deceleration

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