Postpartum
Complications of Post Partum
Newborn
Nursing Care of Newborn
Nursing Care of the Newborn
200

1 hr after delivery the uterus should be

What is at the height of the umbilicus

200

Endometritis is an infection of

What is inside of the uterus

200

Expected heart rate of a neonate is

What is 110-160

200

The startle reflex is also known as the 

What is the moro reflex

200

The gomco, the plastibell, and the mogen clamp all are tools used for 

What is circumcision

400

On day 1 the uterus should be palpated at

 1 cm below the umbilicus

400

Slang term for Post Partum Depression

What is the baby blues

400

Excepted respirations for a neonate

What is 30-60

400

Name a pain scale utilized to assess newborn pain

NIPS (Neonatal Infant Pain Scale), FLACC (Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability), CRIES (Crying,  Requires )2, increased vital signs, facial expression, sleeplessness

400

Teaching to the parents for caring for a circumcision should include

Report bleeding greater than a quarter size, Report decrease in voiding, if clamp uses use a gauze with petroleum jelly wrapped lightly around area, Do not tub bath until completely healed, Do no remove the yellowish film on glans, should heal within 2 weeks, report any foul smelling drainage or unrelieved pain/fussiness

600

Daily Double-after having the pt void and the uterus is still boggy the nurse should do this next

Uterine massage supporting the base of the uterus with a cupped hand above the symphysis pubic bone

600

Pt's with a history of Bipolar 1 and schizophrenia after giving birth are at higher risk for developing

What is postpartum psychosis?

600

So swelling of the newborn scalp at birth that can cross the suture line from the pressure of contractions during labor

What is caput succedaneum

600

Stabilization of the neonate's body temperature is called 

What is thermoregulation

600

The blood sugar in the newborn should be above 

What is 45 mg/dl

800

On uterine assessment the uterus is boggy and deviated from midline the cause is most likely from

What is a distended bladder

800

Pain from a perineal hematoma can be eased with the use of an

ice pack/Tylenol

800

Expected temp for the neonate (Daily Double)

What is 97.7-99.5F

800

Which sense is developed at birth? Vision or Hearing?

What is hearing

800

Newborn is lethargic with tremors, the nurse should

What is check the blood sugar

1000

What are the three stages of lochia?

Lochia rubra, lochia serosa, lochia alba

1000

All mothers who deliver either vaginally or by Csection are at risk for this complication which warrants close monitoring of vital signs, fundal tone, and bleeding in the first hour after birth

What is postpartum hemorrhage

1000

This is the medical term for the newborn rash that appears suddenly without cause during the first 3 weeks of life

What is erythema toxicum (erythema neonatorum)

1000

In the first 24 hrs the newborn's hands and feet are dusky this is called

What is acrocyanosis

1000

Ineffective thermoregulation can lead to 

What is cold stress (respiratory distress, hypoglycemia, acidosis