Healthy Newborn
This is the appropriate percentile for an AGA newborn.
What is between the 10th & 90th percentile
This is considered a complication to a cephalohematoma.
What is hyperbilirubinemia
These are three nursing priorities for NICU babies.
Oxygenation, Thermoregulation, Glycemic Control (pink, warm, sweet)
These are the most common causes for subinvolution of the uterus.
What is regained placental fragments and infection
This deficiency is a result of neural tube defects.
What is folic acid deficiency
This is the first action to take for a slightly decreased newborn temperature.
What is skin-to-skin
Describe the screening for critical congenital heart disease (CCHD).
What is a non-invasive screening performed at 24 hours of life that measures pre and post-ductal pulse oximetry
This is considered the functionality of surfactant.
What is improves the ability of lungs to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide
This is when the postpartum uterus is anticipated to be nonpalpable.
What is 2 weeks
This is the general composition of colostrum.
What is high in antibodies, protein, vitamins, and minerals.
These are the normal assessment findings of newborn respirations.
What are abdominal breathing, shallow and irregular breaths, 30-60 bpm
This could indicate a potential concern with the newborn urinary system.
What is no void by 24 hours of life
These are signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia in the newborn.
What are tremors, jitteriness, lethargy, respiratory distress.
BONUS! What is considered hypoglycemia in a newborn?
This positioning is recommended for a cord prolapse.
What is modified Sims, Trendelenburg, or knee chest
These are the first actions that should be taken after a precipitous labor.
What is dry and stimulate the newborn
This clinically significant finding may be directly related to hypothermia.
What is tachypnea
Describe why vitamin K is recommended to give to a newborn.
What is decrease the risk of VKBD, to assist with clotting, a newborn cannot make vitamin K, bacteria that synthesizes vitamin K are not present, etc.
This is a concern when high arterial blood oxygen levels are detected.
What is retinopathy of prematurity
These are considered priorities for a cesarean section.
What are maternal or fetal concerns
These are TORCH infections.
What are Toxoplasmosis, Other (syphilis, hep B, HIV, etc), Rubella, Cytomegalovirus (CMV), Herpes Simplex (HSV)
This is the type of heat loss that can be result from a source of cooler ambient air.
What is Convection
Assign the APGAR score: A heart rate of 110 beats per minute, full flexion of extremities, a weak cry, grimacing with suctioning, and a pink body but blue extremities.
What is 7
These are clinical findings associated with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).
What is abdominal distention, temperature instability, and grossly bloody stools
These are potential contraindications to a VBAC.
What is Labor dystocia, AMA, post-dates, macrosomia, and obesity
This is the most concerning risk for a post-dates newborn.
What is meconium aspiration