Nutrition
Care of the Newborn
Miscellaneous
Characteristics of the Newborn Infant
Jaundice
100
What are the three stages of breastfeeding
What is colostrum, transitional milk, and mature milk
100
What is another term for skin to skin contact that has been advocated for fostering intimacy and attachment between premature infant and parents?
What is Kangaroo care
100
In the umbilical cord, it is inspected to determine what?
What is two arteries and one vein are present
100
What reflex causes the infant to turn the head in the direction of anything that touched the cheek?
What is rooting reflex
100
The liver in the neonate is immature and takes longer to start functioning effectively it may cause this condition.
What is icterus neonatorum also called physiologic jaundice.
200
Breastfeeding is contraindicated with mothers with ------ because virus can be passed in the breastmilk.
What is HIV positive mothers
200
System for recording the condition of the neonate and the need for resuscitation. 1st assessment is done in one minute and a second evaluation is done at 5 min.
What is Apgar Score
200
The lungs are collapsed during fetal life and their failure to expand after birth is known as what?
What is atelectasis
200
a cheese like substance that covers the skin of the neonate is made up of cells and glandular secretions and is thought to protect the skin from infections.
What is vernix caseosa
200
What is a grave form of jaundice of the neonate accompanied by brain damage and death
What is kernicterus or bilirubin encephalpathy
300
Feeding the infant with a stomach tube or with a tube passed through the nose, pharynx and esophagus into the stomach.
What is gavage
300
A newborn cannot shiver to generate heat, they use brown fat to increase metabolic rate and to generate heat.
What is Nonshivering thermogenesis
300
This is defined as the cessation of breathing for 20 or more seconds
What is apnea
300
The first stool and is a mixture of amniotic fluid and section of the intestinal glands. It is dark green, thick and sticky and is passed 8 to 24 hours after birth and contuse for about 3 days
What is meconium
300
What is normal bilirubin level in the neonate?
What is 1mg/dL
400
A condition in which infant cannot properly digest milk or sugar: can result in mental retardation and even death if left untreated.
What is galactosemia
400
Should be auscultated for one full minute and in the newborn it can range between 120 and 160 beats per minute.
What is apical heart rate
400
What is the term for a large size infant and is considered a classic symptom of babies and mothers with diabetes.
What is macrosomia
400
These appear frequently in neonates and are normal and most often disappear spontaneously.
What is hiccups
400
What is the treatment that is initiated that changes the bilirubin in the skin into an excretable form.
What is Phototherapy
500
A genetic metabolic disorders that can result in mental retardation. Treatment consist of a low phenylalanine diet; foods in protein are also avoided.
What is phenylketonuria (PKU)
500
Edema to newborns scalp due pressure of having their head against the cervix
What is caput seuccedaneum
500
This is administered within 1 hour after birth to promote blood clotting and prevent hemorrhage in then neonate.
What is Vitamin K (AquaMephyton)
500
Bluish discoloration of the skin usually found over the sacral and gluteal areas
What is Mongolian spots
500
What is a physiological hemolytic anemia as the result of blood incompatibly.
What is erythoblastosis fetalis