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, which would be manifested by: 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:

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

The nurse assesses the hydrocephalic child for increasing ICP, which would be manifested by: Select all that apply.

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

Parents of a newborn with a unilateral cleft lip are concerned about having the defect repaired. The nurse explains that a child with a cleft lip usually undergoes surgical repair: