Which pattern, if seen on an electronic fetal monitoring strip, should the nurse explain to a client in labor as being a change in the baseline fetal heart rate?
1. Tachycardia
2. Acceleration
3. Late deceleration
4. Sinusoidal pattern
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Explanation:
1. Bradycardia and tachycardia are changes in the fetal heart rate baseline.
2. Accelerations are periodic changes of the fetal heart rate.
3. Late decelerations are periodic changes of the fetal heart rate.
4. A sinusoidal pattern is a periodic change of the fetal heart rate.
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