Nur 166 week 5: The Newborn Study Guide
Questions and Correct Answers
1). What is evaporation and what would you do with the newborn experiencing evaporation?
Ans: conversion from liquid to vapor
*dry newborn quickly
*dry and cover the head of the newborn
2). What is conduction and what would you do with the newborn experiencing conduction?
Ans: transfer of heat to a cooler surface
*pre-warm radiant warmer and stethoscope before using
*place scale paper and place warm blanket on other surfaces
3). What is convection and what would you do with the newborn experiencing convection?
Ans: loss of heat to the surrounding cooler air
*place crib away from windows and vents
4). What is radiation and what would you do with the newborn experiencing radiation?
Ans: loss of heat to the surrounding cold environments
*place crib away from cold walls
*wrap newborn warmly
5). What 3 vessels should the umbilical cord have?
Ans: artery
vein
artery
*AVA*
6). Newborn normal respiratory rate
Ans: 30-60 breaths per min
Newborn normal heart rate
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Ans: 110-160 beats per min
8). Newborn normal temperature
Ans: 97.7-98.6 (auxiliary route)
9). What blood glucose would you consider to be hypoglycemia in the newborn?
Ans: 45mg/dL 2 hours after birth
10). What signs and symptoms would you see in a newborn with hypoglycemia?
Ans: jitteriness
poor muscle tone
respiratory difficulty
low temperature (can also be a cause)
poor suck
high-pitched cry
lethargy
seizures
sweating
11). What is head lag?
Ans: when the baby is lifted from the bed and the head falls back due to the baby not
being able to maintain neutral position of the head
12). What is the moro reflex?
Ans: a startle: the infant draws their legs up and then the arms fan out and then come
toward the midline in an embrace position
13). What is the rooting reflex?
Ans: turns head to side when cheek or mouth is touched
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Questions and Correct Answers
1). What is evaporation and what would you do with the newborn experiencing evaporation?
Ans: conversion from liquid to vapor
*dry newborn quickly
*dry and cover the head of the newborn
2). What is conduction and what would you do with the newborn experiencing conduction?
Ans: transfer of heat to a cooler surface
*pre-warm radiant warmer and stethoscope before using
*place scale paper and place warm blanket on other surfaces
3). What is convection and what would you do with the newborn experiencing convection?
Ans: loss of heat to the surrounding cooler air
*place crib away from windows and vents
4). What is radiation and what would you do with the newborn experiencing radiation?
Ans: loss of heat to the surrounding cold environments
*place crib away from cold walls
*wrap newborn warmly
5). What 3 vessels should the umbilical cord have?
Ans: artery
vein
artery
*AVA*
6). Newborn normal respiratory rate
Ans: 30-60 breaths per min
Newborn normal heart rate
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, 7).
Ans: 110-160 beats per min
8). Newborn normal temperature
Ans: 97.7-98.6 (auxiliary route)
9). What blood glucose would you consider to be hypoglycemia in the newborn?
Ans: 45mg/dL 2 hours after birth
10). What signs and symptoms would you see in a newborn with hypoglycemia?
Ans: jitteriness
poor muscle tone
respiratory difficulty
low temperature (can also be a cause)
poor suck
high-pitched cry
lethargy
seizures
sweating
11). What is head lag?
Ans: when the baby is lifted from the bed and the head falls back due to the baby not
being able to maintain neutral position of the head
12). What is the moro reflex?
Ans: a startle: the infant draws their legs up and then the arms fan out and then come
toward the midline in an embrace position
13). What is the rooting reflex?
Ans: turns head to side when cheek or mouth is touched
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