The nurse reviews a client’s antepartum nonstress test results as reactive. The nurse interprets this finding as:

Choice A rationaleA reactive nonstress test is defined as having two or more fetal heart rate accelerations of at least 15 beats per minute lasting 15 seconds or more within a 20-minute period.Choice B rationaleNo late decelerations of the fetal heart rate do not define a reactive nonstress test, which focuses on fetal heart rate accelerations as indicators of fetal well-being.Choice C rationaleThe presence of late decelerations in more than 50% of contractions indicates uteroplacental insufficiency and fetal distress, not a reactive nonstress test which requires accelerations.Choice D rationaleFetal heart rate accelerations less than 15 beats per minute or lasting less than 15 seconds do not meet the criteria for a reactive nonstress test, which requires accelerations of 15 beats per minute lasting 15 seconds or more.