The nurse is evaluating the fetal heart rate rhythm strip and determines that the amplitude varies with a rate 15 to 20 beats/min. What does this assessment finding indicate to the nurse about variability?
A) Variability is absent.
B) Variability is minimal.
C) Variability is normal.
D) Variability is marked.
C
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Variability is absent when there is no peak-to-trough range detected. Variability is minimal when an amplitude range is detected but the rate is 5 beat/min or fewer. Variability is moderate or normal when an amplitude range is detected and the rate is 6 to 25 beat/min. Variability is marked when an amplitude range is detected and the rate is greater than 25 beat/min.
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