The nurse applies a fetal heart rate monitor to the abdomen of the 34-week-gestation patient in preterm labor. The patient asks the nurse, “This is so uncomfortable. Why do I have to wear this thing?” The nurse bases the response on which understanding of the rationale for fetal heart rate (FHR) monitoring?

Assess fetal oxygenation. The primary purpose of fetal heart rate (FHR) monitoring is to assess fetal oxygenation and alert providers to fetal compromise. FHR monitoring does not evaluate fetal development or determine fetal lung maturity. By assessing fetal heart rate, fetal compromise can be detected and providers can intervene as necessary in hopes of preventing hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, but this is not the main rationale for FHR monitoring.

The nurse applies a fetal heart rate monitor to the abdomen of th...

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Topics: Disease Prevention Health Screening Labor and Delivery Prenatal Care

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