The nurse who provides care to clients in labor must have a thorough understanding of the physiologic processes of maternal hypotension.Which outcome might occur if the interventions for maternal hypotension are inadequate?

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Low maternal blood pressure reduces placental blood flow during uterine contractions,resulting in fetal hypoxemia.Maternal hypotension does not result in early FHR decelerations nor is it associated with fetal arrhythmias.Spontaneous rupture of membranes is not a result of maternal hypotension.

The Nurse Who Provides Care to Clients in Labor Must