Stability
Vital Signs
Assessment
Assessment
100

The monitor allows the newborn to have this range: 

HR 80-200

RR 0-100

Apnea 20 seconds

02 sat 88-100 or 88-96

What safety check is being verified?

What is verify alarm settings


100

What is the fifth vital sign?

What is Pain

100

Fontanels can be described as

4 types

What is

Soft

Flat

Sunken

Bulging

100

When assessing stool consistency what should you assess for?

(Ways it can look)

What is 

soft

seedy

liquid

loose

mucus

blood

200

Ways preterm infants lose heat

What is:

Placed near a window

Unwrapped

Placed on a scale

The isolette doors open

200

What are signs of acute pain?

changes in vital signs

what is increased HR, RR, BP

decreased saturations


200

Sutures can be described as

3 ways:

What is:

Approximated

overriding 

separated

200
This tells movement of the intestines as food is pushed through

What is bowel sounds

300

Goal temperature for preterm infant is

What is 97-99F

300

how should the temperature be taken on a newborn

What is axillary

300

Listening to your preterm newborn a murmur has been auscultated, what could be the cause

What is PDA (Patent Ductus Arteriosus)

300

What type of breathing is described: Around the collar bone and ribs the chest pulls in with each breath. 

what is retractions

400

Cold stress leads to

What is hypoxia

400

What is the heart rate after auscultating 8 beats in 6 seconds 

What is 80 beats 

400

What does respiratory distress look like?

(Effort)

What is 

Increased 02 needs

Retractions

Grunting 

Nasal Flaring

Apnea

400
Overheating an infant can lead to...

5 answers

hypoxia

metabolic acidosis

tachycardia

decreased BP

tachypnea

500

What are 2 Isolette control modes

What is Servo (skin control)

What is Air Control

500

Chronic pain symptoms 


What is:

Few body movements

Decreased HR

Respiratory variability & oxygen consumption


500

Breath sounds should be (Within Normal Limits)

What is bilateral clear & equal 

500

What are physical signs of pain symptoms?

What is change in color, vomiting, dilated pupils, facial expressions, crying