Question

The client is having moderate contractions that are occurring every 5 minutes and lasting 60 seconds. The fetal heart rate (FHR) is 150 beats per minute and regular. Based on these findings, what is the appropriate nursing action?

Answer 1

Nursing action

Explanation:

Based on the given findings the appropriate nursing action is: Continue to monitor the client

The embryonic heart rate starts out at about 85 beats per minute and then accelerates roughly 3 beats per minute each day during the first month

After the rate reaches an average of about 175 beats per minute, studies show, the acceleration reverses; by the middle of pregnancy, the rate averages 120 to 160 beats per minute