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Health Assessment Newborn Assessment Detailed Questions and Expert Answers
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- Newborn assessment
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- University Of Pennsylvania
Health Assessment Newborn Assessment Detailed Questions and Expert Answers
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Health Assessment Newborn Assessment DetailedQuestions and Expert Answers
What are the 5 assessment categories to the APGAR scoring system? - ANS (APGAR
= Appearance (color), Pulse, Grimace (reflex irritability/cry), Activity (muscle tone),
Respirations)
What is the role of vernix caseosa? - ANS Protects newborn while in utero (fluid),
lubrication with birth, & immunological & thermoregulatory properties after birth
Name at least 3 screening tests performed on the newborn after birth. - ANS
APGAR; Hearing; CCHD; Metabolic; Jaundice/Bilirubin (TcB); Blood sugar for
Hypoglycemia if indicated
What are the 3 medications administered to a newborn after birth? - ANS Vitamin
K, Erythromycin; Hepatitis B vaccine
What is the perfect APGAR score? - ANS 10
You need to wear gloves when handling the infant until what? - ANS after the first
bath
How does the APGAR score guide us? - ANS guides our decision making and gives
us an idea of how many interventions we might have to do
, How do you stimulate a baby to cry? - ANS by rub their back up their spin, rub their
foot, rub the head (not causing over stimulation or harm) (can occur when wiping
them off) the more force behind the scream the better
At 1 minute after birth, the nurse assesses the newborn and notes a heart rate of
110 beats/minute, some flexion of the extremities, a weak cry, grimacing, and a
pink body with blue hands/feet. The nurse would calculate an Apgar score of:
5
6
7
8 - ANS 6
A nurse is assessing a newborn at birth. The nurse knows the most critical
physiologic change required of the newborn is:
A. closure of fetal shunts in the circulatory system.
B. full function of the immune defense system at birth.
C. maintenance of a stable temperature.
D. initiation and maintenance of respirations. - ANS D. initiation and maintenance
of respirations
Nurses can prevent evaporative heat loss in the newborn by:
A. drying the baby after birth and wrapping the baby in a dry blanket.
B. keeping the baby out of drafts and away from air conditioners.
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