Saunders- Antepartum
During a prenatal visit, the nurse checks the fetal heart rate (FHR) of a client in the third trimester of pregnancy. The nurse determines that the FHR is normal if which heart rate is noted?
150 beats per minute
The nurse is collecting data from a pregnant client when the client asks the nurse about the purpose of the fallopian tubes. Which is the accurate response the nurse should make?
Are where fertilization occurs
A nursing student is assigned to a client in labor. The nursing instructor asks the student to describe fetal circulation, specifically the ductus venosus. The instructor determines that the student understands the structure of the ductus venosus if the student states which about the ductus venosus?
Connects the umbilical vein to the inferior vena cava
The nurse is reinforcing teaching to a pregnant woman about the physiological effects and hormone changes that occur during pregnancy. The woman asks the nurse about the purpose of estrogen. The nurse bases the response on which purpose of estrogen?
It stimulates uterine development to provide an environment for the fetus and stimulates the breasts to prepare for lactation.
The client asks the nurse about the purpose of the placenta. The nurse plans to respond to the client knowing which about the placenta?
Provides an exchange of nutrients and waste products between the mother and the fetus
The nurse working in a prenatal clinic reviews a client's chart and notes that the health care provider documents that the client has a gynecoid pelvis. The nurse understands that which is a characteristic of this type of pelvis?
The most favorable for labor and birth
The nurse is describing the process of fetal circulation to a client during a prenatal visit. The nurse should tell the client that fetal circulation consists of which?
Two umbilical arteries and one umbilical vein
