Terms
Term used to described the first stool of a newborn.
What is Meconium.
What heart sound can be normal in newborns but abnormal later?
What is colostrum.
What is the range for the HR of a newborn?
What is 110-160/min.
Most common bone broken during deliveries.
What is the Clavicle
What is the best sleep position for a newborn?
What is on their back.
Reflex that occurs when the infant turns their head toward touch on their cheek.
Term for small white bumps that can be found on the nose & face of the newborn.
What is milia.
This method of infant feeding provides ideal nutrition, promotes immune protection, and supports maternal–infant bonding.
What is breastfeeding
What is the range for RR in a newborn?
What is 30-60/min
What is the most important intervention for a nurse when administering the newborns first bath?
What is wear gloves.
Describe a safe sleep environment for the newborn.
Firm mattress. No blankets, pillows, stuffed animals.
The reflex that occurs when their fingers curl around an object.
This method of heat loss occurs when a newborn loses heat to cool air moving across the skin, such as from a fan, open window, or air vent.
What is Convection.
This common newborn breathing pattern is characterized by short pauses followed by rapid respirations and is considered normal.
What is periodic breathing.
What is important to teach parents when bottle feeding infants?
Never prop the bottle, ensure nipple is full of formula, never microwave the bottle, do not add rice to bottle
What is the normal range for a newborn temprature?
What is 97.7 to 99.4F
This newborn finding requires immediate reporting because it may indicate neurologic injury or increased intracranial pressure.
What is a high-pitched cry.
This umbilical cord assessment finding must be reported immediately.
What is redness, foul-smelling drainage, or purulent discharge from the cord stump
This reflex is known as the startle response.
What is Moro Reflex.
This method of heat loss occurs when a newborn loses heat through direct contact with a cool surface, such as a cold scale, mattress, or exam table.
Conduction
This common newborn skin rash appears as erythematous blotches with small white or yellow papules and requires no treatment.
What is erythema toxicum.
This nutrient is added to breast milk or formula to help prevent iron-deficiency anemia in infants.
This vital sign trend is most concerning when accompanied by retractions and grunting.
What is tachypnea
This condition may occur if a newborn has poor intake and is characterized by weight loss, sunken fontanels decreased urine output.
What is dehydration
Describe proper placement of the car seat in the car.
What is rear facing
This normal newborn reflex is elicited by stroking the sole of the foot and is demonstrated by fanning and extension of the toes.
What is the Babinski Reflex
This routine newborn practice promotes warmth, bonding, and physiologic stability by placing the infant directly on the parent’s chest after birth.
Skin to skin (first hr of life is best)
This normal newborn finding occurs due to maternal hormone exposure in female newborns.
What is pseudomenstruation.
This term describes feeding the newborn based on hunger cues rather than a strict schedule.
What is demand feeding.
This vital sign abnormality in a newborn may indicate hypoxia, infection, or hypoglycemia and requires prompt evaluation.
What is tachycardia.
This newborn care priority helps prevent heat loss and hypoglycemia immediately after birth.
Thermoregulation
This newborn situation requires the nurse to intervene immediately because it places the infant at risk for accidental suffocation.
What is a parent sleeping in bed with the newborn.
This newborn reflex is observed when the infant’s head is turned to one side, causing extension of the arm and leg on that side and flexion of the opposite extremities.
What is the fencing reflex (asymmetric tonic neck reflex)?