6 Common Errors in Fetal Heart Monitoring (FHM)

Have you ever wondered as an Labor and Delivery RN how many hours during your shift you spend staring at fetal heart tracings? I’ll bet you have never tried to tally such a figure, but I’d venture to guess it encompasses not only a large portion of your daily practice, but an enormous part of your career as well. During a 12-hour shift of managing labor induction, you could easily spend approximately 5-6 hours or more actually staring at the monitor. That’s 50% of your shift! This translates into the possibility that half of your intrapartum career is immersed in FHR tracings!

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