The nurse providing care for the laboring woman realizes that variable fetal heart rate (FHR)decelerations are caused by:

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Variable decelerations can occur any time during the uterine contracting phase and are caused by compression of the umbilical cord.Altered fetal cerebral blood flow would result in early decelerations in the FHR.Uteroplacental insufficiency would result in late decelerations in the FHR.Fetal hypoxemia would result in tachycardia initially and then bradycardia if hypoxia continues.

The Nurse Providing Care for the Laboring Woman Realizes That