Newborn Nursing care NCLEX Quiz 3
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- 1.The nurse decides on a teaching plan for a new mother and her infant. The plan should include:
- A.
Discussing the matter with her in a non-threatening manner
- B.
Showing by example and explanation how to care for the infant
- C.
Setting up a schedule for teaching the mother how to care for her baby
- D.
Supplying the emotional support to the mother and encouraging her independence
- 2.Which action best explains the main role of surfactant in the neonate?
- A.
Assists with ciliary body maturation in the upper airways
- B.
Helps maintain a rhythmic breathing pattern
- C.
Promotes clearing mucus from the respiratory tract
- D.
Helps the lungs remain expanded after the initiation of breathing
- 3.While assessing a 2-hour old neonate. the nurse observes the neonate to have acrocyanosis. Which of the following nursing actions should be performed initially?
- A.
Activate the code blue or emergency system
- B.
Do nothing because acrocyanosis is normal in the neonate
- C.
Immediately take the newborn’s temperature according to hospital policy
- D.
Notify the physician of the need for a cardiac consult
- 4.The nurse is aware that a neonate of a mother with diabetes is at risk for what complication?
- A.
Anemia
- B.
Hypoglycemia
- C.
Nitrogen loss
- D.
Thrombosis
- 5.
- A.
Negative Coombs test
- B.
Bleeding from the nose and ear
- C.
Jaundice after the first 24 hours of life
- D.
Jaundice within the first 24 hours of life
- 6.A client has just given birth at 42 weeks’ gestation. When assessing the neonate. which physical finding is expected?
- A.
A sleepy. lethargic baby
- B.
Lanugo covering the body
- C.
Desquamation of the epidermis
- D.
Vernix caseosa covering the body
- 7.After reviewing the client’s maternal history of magnesium sulfate during labor. which condition would the nurse anticipate as a potential problem in the neonate?
- A.
Hypoglycemia
- B.
Jitteriness
- C.
Respiratory depression
- D.
Tachycardia
- 8.Neonates of mothers with diabetes are at risk for which complication following birth?
- A.
Atelectasis
- B.
Microcephaly
- C.
Pneumothorax
- D.
Macrosomia
- 9.By keeping the nursery temperature warm and wrapping the neonate in blankets. the nurse is preventing which type of heat loss?
- A.
Conduction
- B.
Convection
- C.
Evaporation
- D.
Radiation
- 10.
- A.
It usually resolves in 3-6 weeks
- B.
It doesn’t cross the cranial suture line
- C.
It’s a collection of blood between the skull and the periosteum
- D.
It involves swelling of tissue over the presenting part of the presenting head
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