Newborn Care & Safety
This is the correct position for placing a newborn’s car seat in a vehicle.
What is rear-facing in the back seat?
This is a priority risk factor for respiratory distress syndrome in a newborn.
What is prematurity?
This medication is commonly prescribed to treat postpartum hemorrhage.
What is oxytocin?
This finding indicates magnesium sulfate toxicity.
What is absent deep tendon reflexes?
This finding indicates hyperemesis gravidarum.
What is weight loss with ketonuria?
This teaching should be reinforced about diaphragm use.
What is leaving it in place for at least 6 hours after intercourse?
Also consider weight loss/weight gain should be refitted.
This is part of the treatment plan for a pregnant client with opioid use disorder.
What is methadone or buprenorphine therapy?
This newborn finding is expected at 32 hours after delivery.
What is acrocyanosis or mild jaundice above the chest?
This maternal condition increases the newborn’s risk for respiratory distress syndrome.
What is maternal diabetes?
This finding indicates postpartum endometritis.
What is uterine tenderness with a foul-smelling lochia?
This teaching should be reinforced for a client receiving magnesium sulfate.
What is reporting decreased urinary output?
This lab value at 32 weeks gestation should be reported to the provider.
What is a hemoglobin of 9 g/dL?
This is a contraindication for combined oral contraceptives.
What is a history of thromboembolic disease?
This teaching should be reinforced for gestational diabetes management.
What is monitoring blood glucose levels daily?
This is an expected finding for a breastfeeding newborn in the first few days of life.
What is 6–8 wet diapers per day after milk comes in?
This newborn finding indicates a potential respiratory complications requiring further evaluation.
Nasal flaring, grunting, retractions, moaning.
This intervention is appropriate for a postpartum client with suspected deep vein thrombosis.
What is bed rest with the affected leg elevated?
This is a priority intervention for a client experiencing eclampsia.
What is maintaining airway patency and administering magnesium sulfate?
This finding at 20 weeks gestation should be reported immediately.
What is vaginal bleeding?
This teaching is appropriate for medroxyprogesterone acetate injections.
What is returning every 3 months for injections?
This finding should be reported for a client at 30 weeks gestation.
What is decreased fetal movement?
This teaching should be reinforced for parents who are formula feeding their newborn.
What is holding the infant during feedings and discarding unused formula after 1 hour?
This is a priority newborn risk factor requiring close monitoring.
What is low birth weight?
SGA
This is a priority action for a client with a fourth-degree perineal laceration.
What is administering stool softeners and encouraging a high-fiber diet?
This medication should be readily available when administering magnesium sulfate.
What is calcium gluconate?
This is an expected finding after an amniocentesis.
What is mild uterine cramping?
This teaching should be reinforced for a client with bacterial vaginosis.
What is completing the full course of antibiotics?
This is a priority risk factor for a postpartum client.
What is prolonged labor?
This newborn finding should be reported immediately to the provider.
What is persistent central cyanosis or respiratory distress?
This congenital defect is identified by a sac-like protrusion at the spine.
What is a myelomeningocele?
This postpartum finding must be reported to the provider immediately.
What is heavy vaginal bleeding saturating one pad per hour?
Follow up question: What assessment finding best evaluates positive outcomes for a postpartum client?
Think uterus placement & bleeding!
This action is appropriate for a client with preeclampsia receiving magnesium sulfate.
What is continuous fetal monitoring and seizure precautions?
This pregnancy finding suggests a potential complication.
What is severe headache with visual disturbances?
This contraceptive method is contraindicated immediately postpartum while breastfeeding.
What is estrogen-containing contraceptives?
This prescription is anticipated for a postpartum client at risk for hemorrhage.
What is uterotonic medication?