Newborn
Postpartum Care
Newborn Complications
Postpartum Complications
STIs Birth control
100

nursing discharge instructions for infant bathing

neutral cleanser, cool to warm water and not to submerge the infant, thermal neutral temperature in room. 

100

Moderate lochia Rubra with clots, stable vitals. 4 hours pp. Priority action

evaluate/palpate bladder and void if full. 

100

4200 gram male, term infant 4hrs not moving left arm and RN has felt crepitus on assessment

Possible broken Clavicle- ask about Shoulder dystocia during delivery

100

Hot painful swollen leg after cesarean section on day 2 pp 

Name nursing Action


Call provider, possible DVT- PT will need Doppler U/S

100

progesterone rod inserted into arm

Nexplanon

200

immediate nursing care for newborn after patent airway established

drying and stimulating infant

200

heavy, full breasts, 2 days pp, with a breastfeeding mother- Nursing intervention

Offer breast pump for comfort. Ensure client is wearing a bra

200

retractions intercostal muscles

respiratory distress in infant
200

Patient has HELLP- she is also a Jehovah's Witness- 

Name the hospital intervention she may likely refuse based on her Religious Affiliations

Blood Products despite risk of death from hemorrhage. 

200

IUD, Nexplanon, Ortho-micronor, Depo Provera

All breastfeeding safe birth control

methods

300

initiation of early feeding in newborn with A blood type with a mother who is O-

intervention for jaundice prevention

300

emotional, happy with baby- bonding well, feels up and down with emotions

baby blues

300

ensuring the baby is warm and has appropriate eye covering 

nursing care for baby receiving phototherapy

300

PP Day #2 s/p cesarean section. Mother has developed fever of 101.3

Name the most probable sources of infection

UTI, Wound infection, Mastitis, Endometritis

300

Primary, Secondary, Tertiary

Syphilis

400

Minimal to absent Vernix, well lined soles of feet

Term infant findings

400

When should I expect to have a bowel movement? 

normal return to bowel function is 2-3 days after delivery

400

32 week preterm infant with rectal temp of 35.2C

lethargic and jittery- 

cold stress- 

400

Patient only wants to have hot beverages and boiled chicken for food in the pp period

IS upset when offered cold beverages and ice. 

Cultural Awareness for Hmong culture (Southwest Asia)

400

painful vesicular rash caused by a virus and infected by contact

Herpes Simplex Virus

500

Evaporation, Convection, Conduction, Radiation

Types of Heat loss 

500

Red localized area on left breast, mother is pumping and breastfeeding she is reporting a fever of 102.2

likely mastitis, will need to be seen and receive antibiotics. 

500

Term male, 4500 grams, now 2 hours after delivery. Baby is exhibiting jittery limbs, poor feeding..

S/S of Hypoglycemia

500

Postpartum patient with Type 1 diabetes. 

What teaching should the RN review with patient regarding her diabetes. 

Glucose levels may be lower in the pp period and you may need to check your blood sugar more frequently. 

500

Name the STIs we screen for in the New OB labs and at Delivery

GC/CT HIV, Hep B-C, Syphilis

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