Newborn Assessment And Nursing Care – Flashcards
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What is a normal newborn B/P?
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80/50
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What is a normal newborn temp?
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97.7-99.4
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What is normal newborn HR?
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110-160
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What is normal newborn RR?
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30-60
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How much bigger does the head need to be then the chest?
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2 cm
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What is Erythema Toxicum?
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Baby Acne
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What type of skin texture can you expect for a preterm infant?
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Smooth and Elastic
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What type of skin texture can you expect for a post term infant?
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Cracked and Peeling
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What is Milia?
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Baby Acne
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What is Vernix Caseosa?
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Cheesecake looking film on baby
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What is Lanugo?
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Hair covered portions of the body
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What is nevus vasculosus?
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A Strawberry birthmark
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What is telangiectatic nevi ?
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AKA Stork Bites
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What are Mongolian spots and in which ethnicities are these more prominent? Any follow up required for these birthmarks?
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a type of birthmark more prominent in Asian and African American, no follow up required but must chart all birthmarks at birth
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What are Nevus Flammeus? Any follow up required for these birthmarks?
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AKA Port wine stain, yes could indicate a syndrome.
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What are café au lait spots? Any follow up required for these birthmarks?
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yes follow up required because could indiciate neurological disorder
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What is the harlequin sign?
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When half the body is red and the other half is not
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What does Mottling indicate?
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The baby is cold.
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Normal Head circumference?
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32-37 cm
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What is the difference between caput succedaneum and cephalohematoma
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caput succedameum - crosses the suture lines and is edema in the outer layer. Cephalohematoma - do not cross the suture lines
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What is pseudostrabismus and is this normal?
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Uncoordinated muscle movements of the eyes and yes this is normal.
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What is epicanthal folds?
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sagging of the eyelids can indicate down syndrome or Asian decent
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What color do we expect the sclera to be on a newborn?
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Blue/Grey
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How far can a infant see at birth?
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8-10 inches away from face
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How long until the umbilical cord falls off?
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7-10 days
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What is the RPR/VDRL testing for ?
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Syphilis
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When is a mother immune to rubella?
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10<
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Normal Weight for newborn?
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5.8-8.13
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Length
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18-22 inches
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What is hydrocephalis
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When the baby's head is larger then its supposed to be due to increased CSF
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What is microcephaly
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when the baby's head is smaller then its supposed to be d/t decrease brain development
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Normal newborn glucose
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45-96
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Normal newborn hemoglobin
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14-20
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Normal newborn hematocrit
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43-63
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Noraml bilirubin
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<3
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What is direct combs? and what do we want the results to be ?
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Direct combs is testing baby's blood for presence of moms antibodies. We want this to be negative
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Normal WBC for newborn
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12,000-30,000
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Normal RBC for newborn
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4.8-7.1
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Normal PLT for newborn
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150-350
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What type of posturing do you want your baby to have?
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Hypertonic
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What can cause hypotonic posturing?
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Magnesium Sulfate and anesthesia meds
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What does it mean if you baby is having tremors?
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hypoglycemia
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What type of cry do you want your baby to have?
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Lusty cry
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What type of cry is bad and why?
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High pitched cry could mean neurological problems
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What is nystagmus? is this normal for the newborn?
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Yes it is normal, it is when the baby can't focus and causes them to have "shaky eyes"
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What is strabismus? is this normal?
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yes this is normal
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What are Epstein pearls and is this normal?
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yes these are normal
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What is thrush and is this normal?
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no this is not normal infection in the mouth
