A&P
This earliest biochemical marker for pregnancy can be detected in both blood and urine tests.
What is human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)?
This is the average total daily sleep requirement for a 1-month-old infant.
What is 14 hours?
This protective, whitish, cheesy substance is commonly found on a newborn's skin at birth.
What is vernix caseosa?
This preferred intramuscular injection site in infants and young children is located on the anterior-lateral thigh muscle.
What is the vastus lateralis?
This musical, high-pitched sound is heard during expiration when a child's airways are narrowed.
What is wheezing?
This pigmented line extends from the symphysis pubis to the top of the fundus in the midline during pregnancy.
What is the linea nigra?
This is Erikson's psychosocial developmental stage for an infant from birth through 12 months.
What is trust vs. mistrust?
These harmless, small white papules often appear on a newborn's face due to plugged sebaceous glands
What are milia?
When monitoring pediatric intake and output, nurses must perform this specific action for every diaper.
What is weigh all diapers?
Parents often report that a baby with this condition has skin that tastes remarkably like salt when kissed.
What is (CF) cystic fibrosis?
Mothers experience this as the first recognized feeling of fetal movement or life.
What is quickening?
At this age, an infant typically learns to voluntarily grasp an object using their whole hand.
What is 5 months?
This localized soft-tissue swelling of the scalp results from pressure during labor and crosses suture lines.
What is caput succedaneum?
Standard pediatric safety rules dictate that any hospitalized child under this specific age must be kept in a crib with side rails up at all times.
What is 3 years of age?
Infants rely primarily on this special type of breathing, making them extra vulnerable when their abdomen is distended.
What is diaphragmatic-abdominal breathing?
At this week of gestation, the uterus generally rises to the level of the umbilicus.
What is 20 to 22 weeks?
This clinical rule-of-thumb time criteria defines a infant as crying more than 3 hours a day, more than 3 days a week, with parental dissatisfaction.
colic
Newborns rely on this specialized type of adipose tissue for nonshivering thermogenesis to generate heat.
What is brown adipose tissue (brown fat)?
To ensure patient safety and tissue integrity, nursing staff must check and assess restraining devices as often as.
What is every 1 to 2 hours?
When a child in severe respiratory distress leans forward supported by hands on knees, they are using this specific position.
What is the tripod position (tripoding)?
This is a syndrome caused by the compression of the vena cava when a pregnant woman lies flat on her back.
What is supine hypotensive syndrome?
This positional skull deformation features an oblique or asymmetric flattening of the back of the head from "back to sleep" positioning.
What is positional plagiocephaly?
This severe, permanent neurologic damage occurs if unconjugated bilirubin crosses the blood-brain barrier.
What is kernicterus (acute bilirubin encephalopathy)?
When performing a peripheral heel stick on an infant, the puncture on the outer aspect of the heel must be kept to no more than this depth.
What is 2 mm?
This chronic inflammatory airway disorder causes airflow obstruction that can reverse spontaneously or with treatment.
What is asthma?