CONCEPTS FOR PROPER ASSESSMENT

Question 1

how can the nurse find the baby’s FHR?

Answer 1

use the Leopold’s maneuver to identify where the baby’s fetal back is and place the ultrasound transuducer over the fetal back on the mom’s abdomen

Question 2

what are types of external monitoring?

Answer 2

ultrasound transducer or tocotransducer

Question 3

what is the ultrasound transducer?

Answer 3

monitor FHR over the client’s abdomen

Question 4

what is the tocotransducer?

Answer 4

monitors and records uterine contractions

Question 5

what is the main internal monitoring used to assess FHR?

Answer 5

continuous internal fetal monitor fetal scalp electrode which is at the presenting part of the fetus to monitor FHR and used with an IUCP

Question 6

what does the IUCP monitor?

Answer 6

the intrauterine pressure catheter helps monitor frequency, duration, and intensity of contractions

Question 7

what is station?

Answer 7

measurement of fetal descent in cm with station 0 being at level of imaginary line at the level of the ischial spines, minus stations being superior to ischial spines, plus stations being inferior to ischial spines

Question 8

what is engagement?

Answer 8

occurs when the presenting part passes through the pelvic inlet at the level of the ischial spine (station 0)

Question 9

what is dilation?

Answer 9

stretching of cervix to allow adequate fetal passage

Question 10

what is effacement?

Answer 10

cervical thinning and shortening

Question 11

what is presentation of the baby?

Answer 11

the part of the fetus that is entering the pelvic inlet first and leads through the birth canal during labor (preferably the back of the head)