Thermoregulation
The nurse assisted with the delivery of a newborn. Which nursing action is most effective in preventing heat loss by evaporation?
1. Warming the crib pad
2. Closing the doors to the room
3. Drying the infant with a warm blanket
4. Turning on the overhead radiant warmer
What is drying the infant with a warm blanket?
this type of jaundice occurs within the first 24 hours and lasts longer than 5 days.
what is pathological jaundice?
List the transitioning stages of stool.
what is meconium, transitional and yellow?
How many ID bands are issued upon delivery of the baby?
The nurse in the newborn nursery is preparing to complete an initial assessment on a newborn infant who was just admitted to the nursery. The nurse should place a warm blanket on the examining table to prevent heat loss in the infant caused by which method?
1. Radiation
2. Convection
3. Conduction
4. Evaporation
What is conduction?
How does jaundice progress in newborns?
what is cephalocaudal?
Name two (2) primary prevention techniques for hypogylcemia.
what is stimulate to eat q 2-3 hours, dry, warmth, skin-to-skin contract and breastfeeding?
Amount of voids and stools during the first days of life.
what is 6-8 wet diapers and 2-4 stools/day?
List two (2) ways to prevent SIDS.
what is back to sleep campaign, firm mattress, supervised tummy time, adequate prenatal care, breast feeding and not overbundling/overheating baby?
the loss of heat that occurs when a liquid is converted to a vapor, "occurs by failure to dry a newborn after birth or slow drying after a bath
what is evaporation?
Name the three (3) etiologies for physiological jaundice.
what is short RBC lifespan, immature neonatal liver and breast feeding?
If an infants blood sugar is less than 40mg/dL, what is the FIRST thing a nurse should do to help raise the blood sugar?
what is put the infant to breast/bottle?
By what age does the newborn return to birth weight, after the 10% weight loss?
what is 2 weeks of age?
How does the nurse know the baby is feeding adequately?
what is latch score, monitor I+O, daily weights, time spent on feeding and audible swallowing?
the loss of heat from the body surface to cooler solid surface not in direct contact, but close. "Cribs are placed away from outside windows for this"
What is radiation?
What is the goal of phototherapy?
what is considered a "critical value" for infants with hypoglycemia?
what is less than 20 - 25?
What are the four (4) feeding reflexes?
what is rooting, sucking, swallowing and gagging?
What does APGAR stand for?
what is
- A: appearance
- P: pulse
- G: grimace
- A: activity
- R: respiratory effort?
the flow of heat from the body surface to cooler ambient air. "baby is wrapped with a blanket to protect them from cold"
What is convection?
Conjuaged bilirubin is _______ soluble, while unconjugated bilirubin is ______ soluble.
what is water soluble and fat soluble?
Late signs of hypoglycemia.
what is listlessness and hypotonia?
Name the four (4) hunger cues.
what is smacking, fisting mouth, crying (late) and mouthing?
Name three (3) things that need to be assessed when following phototherapy protocol?
what is temperature, serum bilirubin levels, stools, urine output and eye wear?