NUR 220 OB Exam 1 Questions With Correct
Answers
What is Celestone? How is it given? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Given to mom
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Given IM, 2 doses, 24 hrs apart
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Helps newborn develop surfactant in the lungs to stabilize the alveoli
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What is Aquamephyton? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Vitamin K
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Helps NB produce blood clotting, they cannot synthesize b/c of sterile gut
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All NB's receive this
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What is Ilotycin? How is it given? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Erythromycin ointment
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Put in NB's eyes
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Prevents infections/blindness in the eyes with moms that have gonorrhea
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What is the result of a NB's 1st breath? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Mechanical,
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chemical, thermal, and sensory stimuli
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What is an example of the mechanical stimuli & reabsorptive process? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Compressed chest wall -> recoils (squeezes out fluid and allows air | | | | | | | | | | |
to replace fluid)
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Upon crying w/ partially closed glottis, intrathoracic pressure ↑, inhaled air
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distributed & fluid is pushed into the pulmonary tissue to be absorbed
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,What is an example of chemical stimuli? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Lowered pO2
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↑ pCO2
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Slightly acidotic at birth
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What is an example of thermal stimuli? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Significant
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decrease in environmental temperature after birth
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Chilling of moist newborn skin
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What is an example of sensory stimuli (intrauterine life)? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Dark
Sound dampened
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Fluid-filled environment |
Weightless
What is an example of sensory stimuli (extrauterine life)? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Light |
Sounds
Effects of gravity
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Abundance of tactile, auditory, visual stimuli of birth
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What stimuli do C/S babies miss? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Mechanical stimuli
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,When does the production of lung fluid diminish before labor in preparation for
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birth? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-2-4 days
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What is the NB breathing rate? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-30-60 breaths per min
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w/ crying ↑ to 80 or >
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T/F It is normal for newborn to have a rate of 60-70 breaths per min immediately
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after birth and for the next 2 hrs - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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Describe NB breathing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Irregular rate, depth, rhythm
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Short periods of apnea <15 seconds
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Abdominal diaphragmatic breathing | |
Nose breathers
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When is the best time to obtain vitals on a newborn? What do you start with
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first? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-While at rest
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Start with respirations and pulse first
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What week is surfactant optimal in a NB? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-36 weeks
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What is important to always have at the bedside of a NB for suctioning prn? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A bulb syringe | | |
What are the signs of respiratory distress in a NB? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Tachypnea |
, Respiratory rate >60/min while at rest | | | | |
Nasal flaring |
Grunting
Sternal retractions |
Intercostal retractions |
See-saw breathing |
Central cyanosis |
Apnea lasting >20 sec | | |
When should the NB achieve normal flow of O2? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-By 24
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hrs of life
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What is the ductus arteriosus? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The pathway in the fetus
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that connects blood flow from the pulmonary artery to the aorta and allowing
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the lungs to be bypassed in utero
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When does the ductus arteriosus close after birth? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-10-15
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hrs
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What is the foramen ovale? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-It connects the right atrium
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to the left atrium and allows ventricles to be bypasses in utero
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When does the foramen ovale close after birth? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1-2 hrs
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Answers
What is Celestone? How is it given? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Given to mom
| | | | | | | | | | |
Given IM, 2 doses, 24 hrs apart
| | | | | | |
Helps newborn develop surfactant in the lungs to stabilize the alveoli
| | | | | | | | | |
What is Aquamephyton? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Vitamin K
| | | | | |
Helps NB produce blood clotting, they cannot synthesize b/c of sterile gut
| | | | | | | | | | |
All NB's receive this
| | |
What is Ilotycin? How is it given? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Erythromycin ointment
| | | | | | | | | |
Put in NB's eyes
| | |
Prevents infections/blindness in the eyes with moms that have gonorrhea
| | | | | | | | |
What is the result of a NB's 1st breath? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Mechanical,
| | | | | | | | | | | |
chemical, thermal, and sensory stimuli
| | | |
What is an example of the mechanical stimuli & reabsorptive process? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Compressed chest wall -> recoils (squeezes out fluid and allows air | | | | | | | | | | |
to replace fluid)
| |
Upon crying w/ partially closed glottis, intrathoracic pressure ↑, inhaled air
| | | | | | | | | | |
distributed & fluid is pushed into the pulmonary tissue to be absorbed
| | | | | | | | | | |
,What is an example of chemical stimuli? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Lowered pO2
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↑ pCO2
|
Slightly acidotic at birth
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What is an example of thermal stimuli? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Significant
| | | | | | | | | |
decrease in environmental temperature after birth
| | | | |
Chilling of moist newborn skin
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What is an example of sensory stimuli (intrauterine life)? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Dark
Sound dampened
|
Fluid-filled environment |
Weightless
What is an example of sensory stimuli (extrauterine life)? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Light |
Sounds
Effects of gravity
| |
Abundance of tactile, auditory, visual stimuli of birth
| | | | | | |
What stimuli do C/S babies miss? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Mechanical stimuli
| | | | | | | | |
,When does the production of lung fluid diminish before labor in preparation for
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
birth? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-2-4 days
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What is the NB breathing rate? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-30-60 breaths per min
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w/ crying ↑ to 80 or >
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T/F It is normal for newborn to have a rate of 60-70 breaths per min immediately
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
after birth and for the next 2 hrs - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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Describe NB breathing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Irregular rate, depth, rhythm
| | | | | | | |
Short periods of apnea <15 seconds
| | | | |
Abdominal diaphragmatic breathing | |
Nose breathers
|
When is the best time to obtain vitals on a newborn? What do you start with
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
first? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-While at rest
| | | | |
Start with respirations and pulse first
| | | | |
What week is surfactant optimal in a NB? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-36 weeks
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What is important to always have at the bedside of a NB for suctioning prn? -
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A bulb syringe | | |
What are the signs of respiratory distress in a NB? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Tachypnea |
, Respiratory rate >60/min while at rest | | | | |
Nasal flaring |
Grunting
Sternal retractions |
Intercostal retractions |
See-saw breathing |
Central cyanosis |
Apnea lasting >20 sec | | |
When should the NB achieve normal flow of O2? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-By 24
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hrs of life
| |
What is the ductus arteriosus? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The pathway in the fetus
| | | | | | | | | | | |
that connects blood flow from the pulmonary artery to the aorta and allowing
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
the lungs to be bypassed in utero
| | | | | |
When does the ductus arteriosus close after birth? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-10-15
| | | | | | | | | |
hrs
|
What is the foramen ovale? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-It connects the right atrium
| | | | | | | | | | | |
to the left atrium and allows ventricles to be bypasses in utero
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When does the foramen ovale close after birth? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1-2 hrs
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