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Newborn
Postpartum Care
Newborn Feeding
Postpartum Complications
Newborn Complications
100
The creamy cheese like substance covering the baby after birth.
What is the vernix caseosa?
100

Nursing interventions for the postpartum diabetic patient.

What is frequent blood sugar monitoring for both mom and baby?
100

Sore nipples, pinching while feeding, damaged nipples

What is an ineffective latch?

100
Interventions to avoid mastitis.
What is position baby correctly at the breast, make sure baby grasps areola as well as nipple, expose nipples to air during the day, and use vitamin E ointment to soften nipples daily?
100

Blood test administered to the newborn born post term, to a GDM client, and SGA.

What is Blood Glucose Level?

200
The rationale for administering Vitamen K 1 mg IM for a term newborn after birth.
What is it takes about 1 week for the baby to be able to synthesize his or her own vitamin K. The gut, at birth is sterile. (Neonate is deficient in intestinal flora)
200

Priority during postpartum care to prevent potential postpartum hemorrhage?

What is active bladder management?

200

Painful, swollen breasts on day 3 postpartum

What is engorgement?

200

Saturating a peripad within 15 minutes, pooling

What is excessive postpartum bleeding?

200
Preventing heat loss is important in the newborn to prevent this.
What is cold stress?
300
State-mandated evaluation of a neonate's hearing is required before leaving the hospital because hearing impaired babies are at risk for this.
What is delayed speech development.
300
Process of the uterus decreasing in size over a 6 week period measured in cm breadths in relation to the umbilicus
What is involution?
300

Rounded cheeks, audible swallowing, chin movement, and lips flared

What are signs of effective breastfeeding and latch?
300

Foul lochia, fever of 102, and uterine tenderness

What is Endometritis?

300

Apgar score of 5 at 1 minute of age

What is a moderate transition to extrauterine life?

400
The physiological change of highest priority in the newborn.
What is spontaneous respirations.
400
Letting Go Phase
What is a time of relinquishment?
400

Feeding every 3-4 hours, teach parents how to read preparation label, and do not feed flat

What is formula feeding?

400

Thrombocytopenia, Macrosomia, Chorioamnionitis, multiple gestation, Magnesium Use

What are risk factors for PPH?
400

Care of the newborn with hyperbilirubinemia that is receiving phototherapy.

What is shield eyes, turn every hour, monitor temperature, keep diaper on.

500
The best way to determine if the infant is recieving adequate intake of breastmilk.
What is voiding at least 6-8 times a day.
500

Parents are performing skin to skin, initiate feedings, diaper changes, cooing, determining who the infant looks like, and taking photos of the baby

What is successful bonding?

500

Newborn is jittery and weighs 9lbs 2oz

What is check blood sugar and feed the baby

500
Serious feelings of overwhelming sadness that emerge during the first year after pregnancy.
What is postpartum depression?
500
Cyanosis of the hands and feet in the newborn.
What is acrocyanosis?