A new nurse is preparing to assess the fetal heart rate response to stimulation with vibroacoustic stimulation.What action by the new nurse would prompt the precepting nurse to intervene?

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Fetal stimulation should occur when the fetal heart rate is at baseline,and not in the presence of decelerations or bradycardia.If the nurse attempts to stimulate the fetal heart rate in a bradycardic fetus,the preceptor should intervene.The other options are correct steps in the procedure (stimulation can occur in the presence or absence of ruptured membranes).

A New Nurse Is Preparing to Assess the Fetal Heart