Chapter 25 PrepU - Acquired Conditions and Congenital Abnormalities in the Newborn
Exam Questions And Accurate Answers 2024-2025
An infant has been diagnosed with neonatal abstinence syndrome. The nurse provides
appropriate care and comfort for the infant while the infant is on the unit. Aside from
nursing and medical intervention, which of the following actions would also be initiated
by the nurse to care for the infant?
1- Contact the chaplain
2- Refer the family to community resources for support
3- Ensure that the infant had been placed in a bright, noisy room.
4- Ensure that a volunteer cuddled the baby
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A priority for the nurse caring for a newborn diagnosed with esophageal atresia is to
monitor the infant for which symptom?
1- Aspiration
2- Bleeding
3- Constipation
4- Vomiting
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A nurse is conducting a review class for a group of perinatal nurses who work at the local
clinic. The clinic serves a very large population of women who are HIV positive. After a
presentation on the indications for antiretroviral therapy, the nurse would know that the
group understood the teaching if they selects which rationale as the underlying principle
for the therapy?
,1-decreasing the viral load in the blood
2- treatment of opportunistic infections
3- adjunct therapy to radiation and chemotherapy
4- can cure acute HIV/AIDS infections
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Evaluation of a pregnant client and her fetus indicates tachycardia and hypertension.
There is also evidence of vasoconstriction. The nurse would ask the woman about taking
which of the following drugs?
1-marijuana
2- alcohol
3- heroin
4- cocaine
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Which of the following assessment findings are most evident in the infant with Tetralogy
of Fallot with significant pulmonary stenosis?
1 - irregular heartbeat, fatigue, poor skin color
2 - dry tissues, lack of urination
3 - failure to put on weight, feeling queasy, loss of muscle mass
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A single pregnant mother, who lives alone, tells the nurse that she is considering getting
a cat for her 2 yr. old daughter. What is the best response by the nurse?
1- "The exposure to cat litter may create a medical reason for having a C-section."
, 2- "This will reduce the jealousy of your two-year-old once the baby finally arrives."
3- "Not thinking that this would be much work to care for the cat is great.
4- "You should get the cat for your daughter after you give birth to her.
A nurse identifies that the urethral opening of a male newborn is located on the dorsum
of the shaft of the penis. The nurse documents this finding as which of the following?
1- Hypospadias
2- Talipes equinovarus
3- Hydrocephalus
4- Omphalocele
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A nurse is caring for a preterm newborn born at 29 weeks' gestation. Which nursing
diagnosis would have the highest priority?
1- Grieving related to loss of "a healthy full-term newborn"
2- Ineffective thermoregulation related to decreased amount of subcutaneous fat
3- Risk for injury related to the very thin epidermis layer of skin
4- Imbalanced nutrition: Less than body requirements related to the premature digestive
system
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