A nurse has assessed baseline fetal heart tones (FHTs) by auscultation and documents a funic soufflé of 158 beats/minute and a uterine soufflé of 90 beats/minute.When the first nurse gives a handoff report to an oncoming nurse,what can the second nurse conclude from this information?
A) Fetal and maternal heart rates are outside of normal limits.
B) Fetal and maternal heart rates are within normal limits.
C) The second nurse cannot distinguish between fetal and maternal heart rates.
D) There is a great deal of fetal heart rate variability between contractions.
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