Newborn adaptations
This is considered the newborn’s most critical adaptation to extrauterine life
What is establishing effective respirations?
Perinatal morbidity and mortality rates are related to gestational age and this measurement.
What is birthweight?
The age the AAP recommends introducing solid foods at
What is 6 months?
This accounts for the largest number of admissions to NICUs.
What is prematurity?
This sleep position is recommended to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
What is supine (back to sleep)?
A parent is changing their newborns diaper prior to discharge and calls you in for a stool that is black, tarry, and has no smell. You inform them this is normal and referred to as this.
What is meconium?
The vital signs we take right after delivery of the infant.
What are temperature, respiratory rate, and heart rate?
A parent is concerned their baby is not staying hydrated enough and would like to supplement with water. This is your response:
No need to supplement; breastmilk and formula have enough water content to meet the newborn's needs
This acronym describes a group of maternal infections that can cause congenital abnormalities in the fetus, including toxoplasmosis, rubella, CMV, and herpes simplex.
What is TORCH?
Commercial formula fortified with this mineral is a safe alternative to human milk
What is iron?
This is one of the leading causes of infant morbidity and mortality
What is infection?
The ointment, injection, and immunization typically administered after delivery.
What are erythromycin, vitamin K, and hep B?
The economic based principle that also applies to breast milk production in which milk removal stimulates more production
What is supply-and-demand?
This syndrome describes withdrawal symptoms experienced by infants exposed to opioids in utero.
What is neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS)?
The incidence of SIDS is approximately three times greater among infants whose mothers did this during pregnancy
What is smoked?
Without proper interventions, newborns can experience this phenomenon, which imposes metabolic and physiologic demands on all infants, regardless of gestational age and condition.
What is cold stress?
The most common medical treatment for jaundice in the newborn.
What is phototherapy?
The hormone that is responsible for initiating the let down or milk ejection reflex
What is oxytocin?
This acute inflammatory bowel disease occurs most often in preterm infants and is associated with vascular compromise of the GI tract.
What is necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)?
Regardless of the cause, the primary etiology of failure to thrive (FTT) is this.
What is inadequate caloric intake?
Jaundice appearing within this time frame after birth is considered pathologic rather than physiologic.
What is within the first 24 hours of life?
The five assessment components of the APGAR score.
What are Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, Respiration?
When do we perform APGAR assessments?
This newborn reflex is characterized by their turning of the head toward stimulus and opens mouth in search of sucking source (e.g., nipple, finger); begins to suck when nipple or examiner’s finger is inserted into mouth.
What is the rooting and sucking reflex?
Maternal-fetal ________ and ________ incompatibility may cause significant hemolysis and jaundice in the neonatal period.
What are Rh and ABO?
List 2 of the 3 leading causes of accidental death injury in infants
What are suffocation, motor vehicle-related injuries, and drowning?