Problem
A. Describe the use of systemic analgesics to promote pain relief during labor.
B. What are the effects:
a) On the woman
b) on the fetus
c) on the labor contraction
d) medical status of the woman
e) progress of labor.
C. Compare the various methods of monitoring fetal heart rate and contractions, giving advantages and disadvantages of each.
D. List factors to consider in evaluation of abnormal findings on a fetal heart rate tracing.
E. Identify the interventions that are indicated when a non-reassuring fetal heart rate pattern is identified.