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

A newborn was just admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit with a meningomyelocele. The priority for preoperative nursing care of this newborn is to protect the sac by:

A 3-month-old infant is diagnosed with developmental hip dysplasia. The nurse explains that the usual treatment for this infant would be:

After feeding an infant with hydrocephalus, the nurse will take special care to:

The nurse caring for the child who has had a ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VP) for hydrocephalus observes an increasing abdominal girth. The most appropriate response would be to:

The nurse instructing parents about positioning their toddler who has just had a body spica cast applied would include to:

The nurse in the newborn nursery is watchful for neonatal abstinence syndrome in the newborn of a crack-addicted mother. What would be the manifestation(s) of this syndrome? Select all that apply.

Following delivery, a mother asks the nurse about newborn screening tests. The nurse explains that the optimal time for testing for phenylketonuria is:

When the parents ask what the light does for their jaundiced infant, the nurse responds that the light:

The statement that indicates parents understand how to feed their infant who had surgical repair of a cleft lip is:

Parents of a 2-month-old infant with Down syndrome should be instructed, because of the generalized hypotonicity of the child, that special attention should be given to:

The nurse demonstrates how to flush the ventriculoperitoneal shunt by the use of the ____________________ that is in place behind the infant's ear.