The nurse categorizes a client's fetal heart rate tracing as a level 2. What criteria were used for this categorization? Select all that apply
1. Tachycardic baseline.
2. Decelerations lasted longer than 2 minutes.
3. Scalp stimulation did not effect acceleration.
4. Absent variability with recurrent late decelerations.
5. Variable decelerations that slowly return to baseline.
1, 2, 3, 5
Explanation:
1. Criteria for category 2 includes a tachycardic baseline.
2. Criteria for category 2 includes prolonged decelerations lasting greater than 2 minutes.
3. Criteria for category 2 includes a lack of accelerations with scalp stimulation.
4. Criteria for category 3 includes absent variability with recurrent late decelerations.
5. Criteria for category 2 includes variable deceleration patterns that slowly return to baseline.
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