NUR 1211C Chapter Notes - Chapter Test 6: Cervical Effacement, Cervical Dilation, Cervical Canal
12 Feb 2020
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Effacement: 0%: cervical canal is 2 cm long, 50%: cervical canal is 1 cm long, 100%: cervical canal is obliterated. Intermittent fhr monitoring: guidelines for assessing fetal heart rate. They recommend the following guidelines for assessing fhr: completion of a prenatal and labor risk assessment on all clients. Initial 10- to 20-minute continuous fhr assessment on entry into labor/birth area. The term artifact is used to describe irregular variations or absence of the fhr on the fetal monitor record that result from mechanical limitations of the monitor or electrical interference: continuous internal monitoring. Baseline fetal heart rate refers to the average fhr that occurs during a 10-minute segment that excludes periodic or episodic rate changes, such as tachycardia or bradycardia: baseline variability. Baseline variability is defined as irregular fluctuations in the baseline fetal heart rate, which is measured as the amplitude of the peak to trough in bpm.
