Exam 14: The Newborn with a Perinatal Injury or Congenital Malformation

The nurse in the newborn nursery is watchful for neonatal abstinence syndrome in the newborn of a crack-addicted mother.What would be the manifestations of this syndrome?

What assessment made by the nurse would lead the nurse to suspect hip dysplasia?

The parents of a child diagnosed with cystic fibrosis ask the nurse what caused this disorder.What is the most appropriate response?

What would be included in the plan of care for a child just returned to the floor from surgery in which a clubfoot was repaired?

What occurrence results from obstruction within the ventricles of the brain or inadequate reabsorption of cerebrospinal fluid?

The initial treatment for cleft lip is a surgical repair known as ______________.

Postoperative nursing care of the infant following surgical repair of a cleft lip would include:

Phototherapy is instituted for an infant.What is the most appropriate nursing action for the infant having phototherapy?

The nurse is providing care to a child with Down syndrome.What body system has the highest risk of congenital anomaly in a child with Down syndrome?

The nurse is caring for a macrosomic newborn whose mother has diabetes.What should the nurse assess for with this neonate?

The home health nurse is educating parents on home phototherapy.What will the nurse include when providing information to these parents?

An 18-month-old child had a surgical repair of a cleft palate and is now allowed to eat a regular diet.What nursing action is the most appropriate?

When bathing an infant,what sign does the nurse recognize as a sign of developmental hip dysplasia?

The nurse clarifies to the parents of a child with spina bifida that their child has a portion of the spinal cord in the sac in addition to the meninges.This type of spina bifida is known as a(n)____________________.

What characteristics are typical in a child diagnosed with Down syndrome?

The nurse is caring for an Rh-negative mother on the postpartum unit.What scenario indicates the need to administer RhoGAM to this patient?

Parents ask the nursery staff what the light does for their jaundiced infant.What is the nurse's best response?

The nurse is caring for an infant with hydrocephalus.What nursing action is most important for this nurse to implement?

A 3-month-old infant is diagnosed with developmental hip dysplasia.The nurse knows that what is the usual treatment for an infant with this diagnosis?

The nurse is caring for a child who has had a ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VP)for hydrocephalus and observes an increasing abdominal girth.What is the most appropriate response?