Newborn Care
The first stool of the newborn.
What is meconium?
A localized swelling of the soft tissues of the scalp caused by pressure on the head during labor.
What is caput succedaneum?
This medication is given to the newborn to prevent hemorrhage.
What is Vitamin K?
A condition in which a baby is born with a low blood sugar.
What is hypoglycemia?
The number of vessels in the umbilical cord.
What are 2 arteries and 1 vein?
The ideal time to give a newborn their first sponge bath.
What is 24 hours? (thermoregulated)
A collection of blood between the periosteum and the skull bone that it covers. Does not cross suture lines.
What is a cephalohematoma?
This medication is given to the newborn to prevent ophthalmia neonatorum.
What is erythromycin ointment?
A condition in which a baby is born with a high level of bilirubin in the blood.
What is hyperbilirubinemia (jaundice)?
The name of the test that is performed on a newborn at 1 and 5 minutes of life.
What is the APGAR test?
The normal range for a newborn's heart rate.
What is 110-160 bpm?
Small white bumps on a baby's nose, chin or cheeks.
What is milia?
This medication is given to the mother to stop preterm labor.
What is terbutaline?
A condition in which a baby is born before 37 weeks of gestation.
What is prematurity?
The name of the hormone that is responsible for milk production.
What is prolactin?
The normal range for a newborn's respiratory rate.
What is 30-60 breaths per minute?
Bluish-purple spots of pigmentation.
What are Mongolian spots?
This medication is given to the mother to mature the fetal lungs.
What is betamethasone?
A condition in which a baby is born with a weight below the 10th percentile.
What is small for gestational age (SGA)?
The name of the hormone that is responsible for milk let-down.
What is oxytocin?
he normal range for a newborn's temperature.
What is 36.5-37.5 C (97.7-99.5 F)?
A newborn reflex to turn toward the stimulus and open the mouth.
What is the rooting reflex?
This medication is given to the mother to prevent seizures in preeclampsia.
What is magnesium sulfate?
A condition in which a baby is born with a weight above the 90th percentile.
What is large for gestational age (LGA)?
The name of the first phase of maternal role attainment.
What is the dependent, taking-in phase?