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

What nursing action will the nurse implement after feeding an infant with hydrocephalus?

The nurse observes that the infant's anterior fontanelle is bulging after placement of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt.How should the nurse position this infant?

What manifestations of increasing ICP in the hydrocephalic child should the nurse be aware of? (Select all that apply. )

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

What characteristics are typical in a child diagnosed with Down syndrome? (Select all that apply. )

The nurse is obtaining intake information on a new patient being seen for preconception care and notes a family history of neural tube defects.What interventions can the nurse suggest to this woman to help prevent neural tube anomalies in a developing fetus? (Select all that apply. )

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

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

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

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?

What will the nurse include in the plan of care when caring for an infant with an intracranial hemorrhage? (Select all that apply. )

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?

Which statement indicates that parents understand how to feed their infant who had a surgical repair for a cleft lip?

The nurse in the newborn nursery is watchful for neonatal abstinence syndrome in the newborn of a mother who took opioids during pregnancy.What would be the manifestations of this syndrome? (Select all that apply. )

Parents of a 2-month-old infant with Down syndrome are attending a well visit at the pediatric clinic.What should they be instructed to provide special attention to in regard to the generalized hypotonicity of the child?

The nurse is advising parents about feeding their infant with phenylketonuria.What formula and/or diet should the nurse suggest?

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?

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? (Select all that apply. )

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

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 at which time?