Newborn Labs
Normal newborn hemoglobin level.
What is 14-24 g/dL?
Bluish/purple spots found on the shoulders, back or buttocks.
What are mongolian spots?
Elicited when stroking the outer edge the sole of the foot, moving up toward the toes. The toes fan upward and out and lasts up to 1 year of age.
What is the babinski reflex?
Normal newborn temperature.
What is 97.7-99.5 degrees F?
Newborns who are at risk for hypoglycemia.
What is SGA, LGA, premature, >42 weeks, born to mothers with diabetes?
Normal newborn platelet count.
What is 150,000-300,000 mm3?
A pink rash with white centers that comes and goes quickly.
Elicited by stroking the cheek, the newborn will turn their head to the side and open the mouth.
What is the rooting reflex?
Normal newborn heart rate.
What is 110-160 BPM?
Nursing interventions for newborn's with neonatal substance withdrawl.
What is clustering care, swaddling, pacifiers, monitor for withdrawl s/s, monitor ability to feed, hold upright after feedings, I/O, monitor skin integrity?
Normal newborn hematocrit.
What is 44%-64%?
Swelling of the soft tissues of the head that crosses the suture lines.
What is a caput succedaneum?
Elicited by placing the newborn supine. When the examiner turns the newborns head quickly to one side, the newborn's arm and leg on that side extend and the opposing arm and leg flex.
What is the tonic neck reflex (fencing)?
Heat loss resulting from direct contact with a cooler surface.
What is conduction?
Signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia.
What is tachypnea, nasal flaring, grunting, retractions, apnea, cyanosis, lethargy, flaccidity, seizures, jitteriness?
Normal newborn glucose.
What is >40 mg/dL?
The collection of blood between the scalp and the skull that does NOT cross the suture lines.
What is a cephalohematoma?
Elicited by pulling the newborn's hands so that the back and part of the head come off the bed. When letting go, the newborn symmetrically extends and abducts the arms at the elbows and the fingers splay.
What is the moro reflex (startle reflex)?
Normal newborn respiratory rate.
What is 30-60 breaths per minute?
Expected findings of the postmature infant.
What is a wasted appearance, decreased subcutaneous fat, peeling, cracked, leathery skin, meconium staining, hypoglycemia, cold stress?
Normal newborn bilirubin.
What is <7 mg/dL?
The bluish coloration to the hands and feet.
What is acrocyanosis?
Elicited by placing the examiner's finger int he palm of the newborn's hand.
What is the palmar reflex?
Heat loss resulting from a cooler solid surface that is close to, but not in direct contact with the newborn.
What is radiation?
Signs and symptoms of newborn sepsis.
What is decreased temperature, poor feeding, blood sugar instability, abdominal distention, respiratory distress, lethargy, poor muscle tone and color changes?