Which of the following, if seen on an electronic fetal monitoring strip, would the nurse explain to a laboring patient as a change in the baseline fetal heart rate?
1. Acceleration
2. Late deceleration
3. Sinusoidal pattern
4. Tachycardia
Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1: Accelerations are periodic changes of the fetal heart rate.
Rationale 2: Late decelerations are periodic changes of the fetal heart rate.
Rationale 3: A sinusoidal pattern is a periodic change of the fetal heart rate.
Rationale 4: Bradycardia and tachycardia are changes in the fetal heart rate baseline.
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