Postpartum
and
Newborn
Care
Game
100

How should the fundus feel postpartum?

 firm and not boggy

100

A women postpartum has noticed her pads being excessively saturated with blood what should be the first nursing actions?

Massage the fundus

100

What is meconium?

Greenish black stool that consists of amniotic fluid, intestinal secretions (bilirubin), and cells (shed from the mucosa)

100

What does the acronym BUBBLE stand for?

Breast, Uterus, Bladder, Bowel, Lochia, Episiotomy/Lacerations

100

What hormone lets-down breast milk?

Prolactin

200

What is the cheese-like substance that covers a newborn immediately after birth?

Vernix

200

How to prevent heat loss in a newborn immediately after birth?

Dry and wrap them in blankets. Place hat on head, skin to skin.

200

When should the first feeding start?

within the 1st hour after birth


200

Sacral dimples and tufts of hair above the buttocks of newborns could indicate this abnormality.

Spina Bifida

200

What is maternal blues?

postpartum the mother feels down, depression, a letdown feeling, restlessness, fatigue, insomnia, anxiety and sadness which peaks on the 4th or 5th day.

300

What is the bluish discoloration found in a newborn's extremities, particularly the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet in a newborn?

Acrocyanosis

300

What are two signs or symptoms that would indicate a newborn is in respiratory distress?

Retractions, tachypnea, accessory muscle use, nasal flaring, cyanosis

300

What is uterine atony?

Decreased tone in the uterine muscle, and is the major cause of primary postpartum hemorrhage.

300

What are three benefits of breastfeeding?

Decreases the risk for breast cancer, helps mom lose weight, provides immunity to baby, reduces risk of child developing allergies, asthma, obesity. It is cheap and it promotes bonding.

300

What is assessed in the APGAR score?

Heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, reflex, and color

400

What is Caput succedaneum?

collection of fluid (serum) under the scalp.

400

What are two treatments for mastitis?

Completely empty the breasts, antibiotic therapy, warm compress, continue to breastfeed, correct latch on.
400

What is a cephalohematoma?

A small pool of blood collected between the periosteum of the skull bone and the skull bone itself. Does not cross the suture lines.
400

Name a few common reflexes in a newborn.

Rooting, sucking, grasping, Moro, Babinski, palmar, plantar

400

Differentiate between Physiological Jaundice vs Pathological Jaundice.

Physiological jaundice is typically visible after 24 hours of life and during the first week, and Pathological jaundice occurs within the first 24 hours of life.

500

What medication is administered to a newborn after birth to prevent bleeding?

Vitamin K

500

What is bilirubin?

The yellow breakdown product of normal hemoglobin, a principal component of red blood cells.

500

Name the four modes of heat loss in the newborn

convection, radiation, evaporation, and conduction

500
What is involution?

The return of the uterus to a non-pregnant state after birth

500

What is the Homan's sign?

Pain with dorsiflexion of foot which indicates a venous thromboembolism

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