Describe care of the newborn.
Description should include
- characteristics of a normal newborn
- procedures performed immediately after birth, including diagnostic lab tests
- newborn safety
- respiration, infection control, temperature regulation
- normal reflexes
- complications
- care plan
- nutrition
- elimination
- immunizations
- prophylactic administration
- client education.
Process/Skill Questions:
- What are the characteristics of the normal newborn?
- How is the newborn evaluated using the Apgar scoring system?
- What is involved in the procedures that are performed immediately after birth, such as
- airway clearing
- cord clamping
- assessment
- identification
- prevention of cold stress?
- How would respirations be initiated chemically and mechanically?
- What are two nursing interventions for preventing aspiration in the newborn?
- What are the five areas of assessment of the newborn upon admission to the nursery?
- What are the infection control and safety routines of the healthcare provider?
- How would the temperature-regulating mechanism of the newborn be described?
- What are the eight reflexes normally present in the newborn?
- What criteria are involved in a gestational age assessment from birth to one month?
- What role does the presence of excess red blood cells play in physiologic jaundice?
- How would one develop a care plan for the normal newborn, including
- weighing
- measuring
- cord care
- positioning
- bathing
- hours of sleep
- parent-infant interaction
- care of circumcision
- feeding
- diapering
- emotional support
- signs and symptoms of illness?
- How would aspects of nutrition, including stomach capacity, sucking, caloric needs, weight loss, and vomiting be described?
- What are the characteristics of food substances that are easily digestible, such as breast milk and formula?
- What is involved in normal elimination, including time frame and assessment?
- What is the importance of vitamin K administration and eye prophylaxis for all newborns?