How does the available staff influence the selection of either continuous electronic or in-termittent auscultation as the fetal monitoring method?
a. There must be a one-to-one nurse-to-client ratio regardless of the method used.
b. Staffing patterns do not influence fetal monitoring choices.
c. Use of intermittent auscultation requires a lower nurse-to-client ratio.
d. More nurses are needed when electronic fetal monitoring is used because of in-creased medical interventions.
C
Intermittent auscultation is more staff-intensive.
A one-to-one ratio is needed during the second stage of labor or if a high-risk condition ex-ists, regardless of the monitoring method used.
Staffing patterns do play a role in maintaining safe monitoring practice of the labor client.
Less nursing time is needed with electronic monitoring, giving the nurse more time for teaching and supporting the laboring woman.
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