Maternity: Electronic Fetal Monitoring Updated Actual Exam Questions And Correct Answers

MATERNITY: ELECTRONIC FETAL MONITORING
UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS

Question 1.
What is electronic fetal monitoring?




ANSWER
A way to monitor fetal heart rate status during labor. Can be continuous or intermittent based
on risk factors. Most is done externally, but there are internal (intrauterine) monitors as well.



Question 2.
Diagram of external monitoring




ANSWER






,Question 3.
When is electronic fetal monitoring done?


ANSWER
- At prenatal visits
- Triage visits
- Admission to labor and birth unit
- Intermittently or continuously throughout labor based on risk factors



Question 4.
WHY is electronic fetal monitoring done?


ANSWER
It is used as a screening tool to assess fetal oxygenation



Question 5.
What are some limitations of electronic fetal monitoring?


ANSWER
- Mobility
- Inability to constantly obtain a reading
- Difficult to interpret (inter-rater reliability)
- Many studies do NOT support continuous EFM in low risk women



Question 6.
What's the range for a normal fetal heart rate?


ANSWER
110-160
KNOW THIS!!!



Question 7.
True or false: The fetal heart rate decreases as the fetus matures


ANSWER
Yep true






, Question 8.
Fetal circulation diagram (go watch the khan academy video if you really want to learn this madness)




ANSWER




Question 9.
Blood flows from areas of _______ pressure to areas of _______ pressure


ANSWER
Blood flows from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure



Question 10.
The fetal heart rate is regulated by.... (5 things)


ANSWER
- Autonomic nervous system (para and sympathetic)
- Baroreceptors
- Chemoreceptors
- Adrenal glands
- Central nervous system