Exam 25: The High-Risk Newborn

MATCHING Car seat safety is an essential part of discharge planning, and infants younger than 37 weeks of gestation should have a period of observation in an appropriate car seat to monitor for possible apnea, bradycardia, and decreased SaO₂. The nurse who is about to perform a car seat evaluation on a late-preterm infant will perform the sequence of the test in which order? -Step 1

MATCHING Car seat safety is an essential part of discharge planning, and infants younger than 37 weeks of gestation should have a period of observation in an appropriate car seat to monitor for possible apnea, bradycardia, and decreased SaO₂. The nurse who is about to perform a car seat evaluation on a late-preterm infant will perform the sequence of the test in which order? -Step 7

MATCHING Car seat safety is an essential part of discharge planning, and infants younger than 37 weeks of gestation should have a period of observation in an appropriate car seat to monitor for possible apnea, bradycardia, and decreased SaO₂. The nurse who is about to perform a car seat evaluation on a late-preterm infant will perform the sequence of the test in which order? -Step 4

While completing a newborn assessment,the nurse should be aware that the most common birth injury is:

In caring for the mother who has abused (or is abusing)alcohol and for her infant,nurses should be aware that:

A pregnant woman presents in labor at term,having had no prenatal care.After birth her infant is noted to be small for gestational age with small eyes and a thin upper lip.The infant also is microcephalic.On the basis of her infant's physical findings,this woman should be questioned about her use of which substance during pregnancy?

On day 3 of life,a newborn continues to require 100% oxygen by nasal cannula.The parents ask whether they can hold their infant during his next gavage feeding.Given that this newborn is physiologically stable,what response would the nurse give?

When assessing the preterm infant the nurse understands that compared with the term infant,the preterm infant has:

MATCHING Car seat safety is an essential part of discharge planning, and infants younger than 37 weeks of gestation should have a period of observation in an appropriate car seat to monitor for possible apnea, bradycardia, and decreased SaO₂. The nurse who is about to perform a car seat evaluation on a late-preterm infant will perform the sequence of the test in which order? -Step 6

An infant is being discharged from the neonatal intensive care unit after 70 days of hospitalization.The infant was born at 30 weeks of gestation with several conditions associated with prematurity,including respiratory distress syndrome,mild bronchopulmonary dysplasia,and retinopathy of prematurity requiring surgical treatment.During discharge teaching the infant's mother asks the nurse whether her baby will meet developmental milestones on time,as did her son who was born at term.The nurse's most appropriate response is: