The nurse is teaching a class on reading a fetal monitor to nursing students
The nurse explains that bradycardia is a fetal heart rate baseline below 110 and can be caused by which of the following? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply. 1. Maternal hypotension
2. Prolonged umbilical cord compression
3. Fetal dysrhythmia
4. Central nervous system malformation
5. Late fetal asphyxia
1, 2, 3, 5
Explanation: 1. Maternal hypotension results in decreased blood flow to the fetus.
2. Cord compression can cause fetal bradycardia.
3. This will cause fetal bradycardia if there is a fetal heart block.
5. This is a depression of myocardial activity.
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