Newborn Content Jeporady

Feeding and Thermoregulation

100

This supplement should be given to exclusively breastfed infants

Vitamin D

200

This is newborn heat loss from a fan blowing on the baby

Convection

300

Often, the first sign is a decrease in the newborn's temperature

hypoglycemia or infection

400

This is how often a newborn should breastfeed in a 24 hour period

8-12 times

500

This is a sign of cold stress in the newborn

mottling, cool skin, lethargy, hypoglycemia

Complications

100

Jitteriness is often a sign of this issue in newborns

hypoglycemia

200

This jaundice develops in the first 24 hours after birth and often requires a blood transfusion

Pathological Jaundice (non-physiological)

300

This is a swelling in the infant's head that crosses the suture line

Caput Succedum

400

Infants with this issue are usually under 24 hours, have nasal flaring, mild grunting and tachypnea

Transient Tachpnea in Newborn TTN

500

These are symptoms after circumcision new parents should report to a nurse or provider

Bleeding, discharge, increased swelling, odor, and inability to void

System Assessments

100

These are the normal heart and respiratory rates in newborns.

Heart rate 120-160

Resp rate 30-60

200

This is a common asymptomatic newborn murmur that should close on its own.

PDA Patent Ductus Arteriosus

300

While examining a newborn you notice white pimple marks on the nose.  What are these called?

Milia normal and will go away

400

This is what you should do first if an infant is cold (temp less than 97.4)

Warm the infant (warmer or skin-to-skin), then take blood sugar if needed.  But cold stress causes hypoglycemia, so you need to stop the cold

500

The name of the reflex that appears as if you scared the infant

Moro (sign neurologically stable)

Misc Newborn

100

This is a medication given via IM injection after birth to prevent bleeding.  The reason it is needed is that infants have sterile intestines and need bacteria to synthesize this on their own.

Vitamin K

200

This is how long the first bath should be postponed after birth

24 hours, feeding well and stable temp

300

This is a test done to check for developmental hip dysplasia

Ortolani sign

400

This is the term for an infant who has a positionally flat back of the head.

Positional Plagiocephaly

500

What is the maximum weight that a newborn can safely lose, and when should they gain it back?

10% and 2 weeks

Review Content

100

This STD has a hallmark painful, red genital lesion. How is it treated?

Herpes and antiviral (remember herpes hurts and H & H last forever)

200

A patient will list 3 steps to a newborn bath by the end of the teaching session. This is which type of learning domain?

Cognitive

(Cognitive List)

(Affective Feelings)

(Psychomotor Demo)

300

What is the primary concern for the following patient:  39 weeks pregnant, in active labor with pitocin and an epidural, FHTS with recurring mild late decelerations and the patient states she is feeling more pain.

Late declerations=uteroplacental insufficiency, stop Pitocin.  

400

What is your priority concern in a postpartum patient who complains of excruciating vaginal pain and swelling?

Hematoma

500

What type of pregnancy symptoms are often subjective to the woman

Presumpitve

Presumptive: subjective- she presumes she is pregnant

Probable: objective- she is probably pregnant

Positive: 100% baby- the nurse hears, sees or feels