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A labor nurse is caring for a client who is 38 weeks’ gestation. She has been diagnosed with placenta previa. Which of the following orders by the primary healthcare provider should the nurse question?

A 26-year-old G2P1 is currently in labor. The fetal monitor shows an abrupt fetal heart rate deceleration lasting less than 30 seconds with no relation to a uterine contraction. What is the term for this fetal monitoring finding?

You are caring for a laboring primigravida with an external monitor applied. You periodically examine the monitor tracing. The client asks why this is necessary because it seems as if the heart rate is within normal range. Which statement would best explain the nurse’s behavior?

The Nurse Educator is designing a training class for newly graduated Nurse Residents in the Labor and Delivery department. She wants to teach that three measures should be implemented by the nurse to provide intrauterine resuscitation. Which selection would be the best response for the priority actions starting with the most important?

The following arterial systolic pressures were obtained during an ABI exam. Calculate the right and left ABI.     RIGHT LEFT Brachial: 145 mmHg 140 mmHg PTA: 165 mmHg 70 mmHg DPA: 170 mmHg 60 mmHg ABI: ? ?  

Ankle brachial index is calculated using:

In the event of a right subclavian steal, where the right proximal subclavian artery is occluded, we can document retrograde flow in which artery? 

List the appropriate names for each of the vessels labeled below (1-4), including whether it is the right or left lower extremity.   

Exercise testing is used to differentiate true claudication from pseudoclaudication. Per IAC protocol, this testing can be conducted via the following methods. (Select all that apply)

Determine the direction of flow in the vessel below:   LT side of the screen                                                                 RT side of the screen