The New Arrival-Review

A recommended practice for newborns and new parents which helps regulate neonate temperature is

• Placing the newborn on a warmer

• Bathing directly after birth

• Skin-to-skin care

• Apgar test

Select all of the following that are benefits of colostrum.

• Filled with growth factors

• Is difficult to access

• Is perfectly designed to meet a newborn's needs

• Is rich in antibodies

• Requires a breast pump to access

Lactose is the first milk secreted from the mammary glands.

• True

• False

Why do some experts recommend delaying the first newborn bath up to 24 hours or more.

• To preserve the microbiome and immunity support

• To allow the vernix caseosa to absorb naturally

• To help regulate body temperature

• All of the answer choices are correct

Vernix caseosa is

• A soft, fine hair which covers the baby's body

• A white fatty material which encloses the nerve fibers on the spinal cord

• A white waxy substance which coats and protects the baby's skin

• Fat produced in the body of the baby which helps prepare for heat production

Vitamin K is given as an injection to newborns as a regular procedure to ensure

• Reduction in infections

• Healthy blood clotting

• Increased immunity

• Increase in oxytocin

Skin-to-skin care is exclusively for birth parents and their newborns.

• True

• False

Why is eye ointment applied to the eyes of newborns as a routine procedure?

• To prevent possible infection

• To moisturize the eyes

• To clear the vision

• To improve the eyesight

Because the way a new parent choses to feed their newborn is a personal choice, hospital or other birthing staff persons do not get involved or evaluate feeding progress.

• True

• False

The baby blues is a normal phenomenon and should not be evaluated by a health care practitioner even if it continues for two months after birth.

• True

• False