A client at 37 weeks' gestation has a mildly elevated blood pressure. Her antenatal testing demonstrates three contractions in 10 minutes, no decelerations, and accelerations four times in 1 hour. What would this test be considered?
1. Positive non-stress test
2. Negative contraction stress test
3. Positive contraction stress test
4. Negative non-stress test
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Explanation: 2. A negative CST shows three contractions of good quality lasting 40 or more seconds in 10 minutes without evidence of late decelerations. This is the desired result.
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