Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) Fetal Monitoring Course EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 ACCURATE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED SOLUTIONS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS NEWEST VERSION

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normal fetal heart rate range -ANSWER✅✅✅✅110-160

what could it mean if FHR is high -ANSWER✅✅✅✅infection, low o2, young

what could it mean if FHR is low -ANSWER✅✅✅✅post date pregnancy

what is the number one way to know a babies age -ANSWER✅✅✅✅sonogram

what do you do if theres low amniotic fluid, variable decels -
ANSWER✅✅✅✅amnioinfusion

if baby is stressed, the baby will divert the blood flow to the brain, heart, and adrenals.
this organ won't get good blood flow which will lead to what? -
ANSWER✅✅✅✅kidneys, low urine output, low amniotic fluid

what category tracing is absent variability without decels -ANSWER✅✅✅✅2

what category tracing is absent variability with decels -ANSWER✅✅✅✅3

influences on fetal heart patterns that are outside the fetus -ANSWER✅✅✅✅extrinsic

what type of influences are associated with maternal-fetal exchange:
-placenta
-maternal utero placental circulation

,-fetal placental circulation
-placental transfer
-uterine blood flow
-umbilical cord
-amniotic fluid -ANSWER✅✅✅✅extrinsic

ALL transfer takes place here -ANSWER✅✅✅✅intervillous space

all babies have this with uterine contraction but it's worse with a problematic placenta -
ANSWER✅✅✅✅transient hypoxemia

when is the only time you give an amnioinfusion -ANSWER✅✅✅✅cord compression

influences on fetal heart rate that are inside the babies heart -
ANSWER✅✅✅✅intrinsic

where is the most oxygenated blood -ANSWER✅✅✅✅ductus venosus, liver

where does the blood go to avoid the lungs -ANSWER✅✅✅✅foramen ovale

if the baby has this, then they DO NOT have metabolic acidosis -
ANSWER✅✅✅✅moderate variability

what would cause a sympathetic response (things speed up, accelerations) -
ANSWER✅✅✅✅infection, movement , loud noise, repositioning

what would cause parasympathetic response -ANSWER✅✅✅✅variable decel, early
decal, post dates, head compression

what nerve decreases bp -ANSWER✅✅✅✅vagus nerve

during this, the blood flow gets shunted to the brain heart and adrenals. can't tolerate
labor -ANSWER✅✅✅✅hypoxemia

the degree of hypoxemia a fetus can tolerate before true tissue hypoxia and acidosis
occur -ANSWER✅✅✅✅fetal reserve

3 things that indicate fetal well being -ANSWER✅✅✅✅normal baseline, moderate
variability, no late or variable decels

signs of utero-placental insufficiency -ANSWER✅✅✅✅late or variable decels

what is the first thing you should do with recurrent late decels -
ANSWER✅✅✅✅change position

,what should pH be -ANSWER✅✅✅✅7.10 or higher

what should CO2 be -ANSWER✅✅✅✅60 or lower

what should base excess or base deficit be -ANSWER✅✅✅✅12 or lower

if CO2 is greater than 60, what type of acidosis -ANSWER✅✅✅✅respiratory

if base excess greater than 12, what type of acidosis -ANSWER✅✅✅✅metabolic

the approximate mean FHR rounded to increments of ____ bpm during a ____ minute
window, excluding:
-accelerations and deceleratons
-periods of marked variability -ANSWER✅✅✅✅baseline fetal heart rate, 5, 10

for baseline fetal heart rate there must be at least ___ minutes of identifiable baseline
segments in a ___ minute window or the baseline for that period is indeterminate -
ANSWER✅✅✅✅2, 10

bradycardia is a baseline of < ____ bpm for > ___ minutes -ANSWER✅✅✅✅110, 10

tachycardia is a baseline of >___ bpm for >___ minutes -ANSWER✅✅✅✅160, 10

what can cause bradycardia -ANSWER✅✅✅✅contractions, high pitocin

what can cause tachycardia -ANSWER✅✅✅✅infection, drugs, hypothyroid, fetal
anemia

smooth wavelike pattern for at least ____ minutes, associated with fetal _____ -
ANSWER✅✅✅✅sinusoidal, 20, anemia

what can cause sinusoidal FHR -ANSWER✅✅✅✅bleeding

fluctuations in the baseline FHR that are irregular in amplitude and frequency -
ANSWER✅✅✅✅baseline variability

undetectable amplitude range -ANSWER✅✅✅✅absent variability

> detectable amplitude range but less than or equal to 5 bpm -
ANSWER✅✅✅✅minimal variability

6-25 bpm amplitude range -ANSWER✅✅✅✅moderate variability

, greater than or equal to 25 bpm amplitude range -ANSWER✅✅✅✅marked variability

what does variability show a sign that the baby is -ANSWER✅✅✅✅well oxygenated

what category is absent variability with recurrent decels -ANSWER✅✅✅✅3

what category is absent variability without recurrent decels -ANSWER✅✅✅✅2

minimal variability is unlikely to be associated with hypoxia during labor unless with
what? -ANSWER✅✅✅✅recurrent decels

marked variability may be related to what? -ANSWER✅✅✅✅fetal hypoxemia

FHR pattern associated with uterine contractions, p is for pain -
ANSWER✅✅✅✅periodic

FHR pattern not associated with uterine contractions -ANSWER✅✅✅✅episodic

decelerations that occur with at least 50% of uterine contractions within a ____ minute
period -ANSWER✅✅✅✅recurrent, 20

decelerations that occur with less than 50% of uterine contractions within a ___ minute
period -ANSWER✅✅✅✅intermittent, 20

visually apparent abrupt increases in FHR above the baseline -
ANSWER✅✅✅✅accelerations

accelerations go from onset to peak in less than ____ seconds -ANSWER✅✅✅✅30

in fetus 32 weeks or more, the accelerations peak ____ bpm and last for ____ seconds
from onset o return to baseline -ANSWER✅✅✅✅15, 15

if fetus less than 32 weeks, the accelerations peak ____ bpm and last for ___ seconds
from onset to return to baseline -ANSWER✅✅✅✅10, 10

accelerations greater than 2 minutes but less than 10 minutes in duration -
ANSWER✅✅✅✅prolonged acceleration

early decel definition -ANSWER✅✅✅✅gradual greater than 30 seconds from onset to
nadir, nadir simultaneous with peak of contraction

late decel definition -ANSWER✅✅✅✅gradual greater than 30 seconds from onset to
nadir , nadir after peak of contraction