A nurse has assessed baseline fetal heart tones (FHTs) by auscultation and documents a funic soufflé of 158 beats/minute and a uterine soufflé of 90 beats/minute
When the first nurse gives a handoff report to an oncoming nurse, what can the second nurse conclude from this information?
A.
Fetal and maternal heart rates are outside of normal limits.
B.
Fetal and maternal heart rates are within normal limits.
C.
The second nurse cannot distinguish between fetal and maternal heart rates.
D.
There is a great deal of fetal heart rate variability between contractions.
ANS: B
Fetal heart tones (funic soufflé) should be in the range of 110 to 160 beats/minute, so FHTs are within normal limits. The maternal heart rate (uterine soufflé) is also within normal limits.
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