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1. Newborn care
Prioritization
Management of care
Safety - Correct Answer: Circulatory, Respiratory and thermoregulation should
be priority for management of newborn care.
The Newborn's mouth is suctioned first and then the nose. to prevent aspiration
of mucus or amniotic fluid
The umbilical cord is double clamped. After the first cry which is the first breath
taken by the baby, the baby is dried up and place skin to skin with mother to
prevent hypothermia and establish breastfeeding to prevent hypoglycemia.
Newborn HR is btw 110-140. APGAR assessment is done at 1 and 5 minutes and at
10min if score is less than 7 to determine how well the new born is adapting and if
interventions are required. A scoreof 7-10 is good. no interventions required, 6-4
some interventions required 0-3 immediate resuscitation
2. Safety
Newborn care
Infection prevention
, Safety and infection control - Correct Answer: A prophylactic agent,
Erythromycin 0.5% must be installed in the newborn's eye within one or two
hours of birth to prevent Ophthalmia neonatorum which is a hyperacute purulent
conjuntivitis usually contracted during birth from mothers with gonorrhea or
chlamydia.
Hepatitis B vaccine is also administered to the newborn.
The nurse must use standard precaution in caring for the new born. Wash hands
before and after providing care, Minimise exposure of new born to organisms, No
sick staff or visitors are allowed to visit or handle newborns. avoid sharing infant
supplies with another newborn.
3. Labor and delivery
Fetal assessment
Physiological adaptation
Patient centered care - Correct Answer: Fetal assessment during labor,
identifies well being or signs that indicate compromise. This includes the character
of the amniotic fluid, but focus is primarily on FHR pattern
Amniotic fluid should be clear. Cloudy or foul smelling indicates infection. Green
fluid indicate thet the fetus passed meconiun in utero. To prevent aspiration, the
nurse will suction the new born when the head is delivered or aminioinfusion is
used to dilute the amniotic fluid.
FHR patterns are in category I-III . Cat I- baseline rate 110-160. normal fetal acid-
base ratio. baseline variability is moderate, no late or variable decelerations
Cat II- Fetal tachycardia (>160) or Bradicardia (<110) Requires evaluation and
continous survelliance.
Cat III- Fetal bradycardia(<110)Predictive of abnormal fetus acid -base ratio and
requires intervention. there is recurrent late decelation, recurrent variable
deceleations and sinusoidal pattern.