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WorksheetsNURS 2150: Birth Related Stressors
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
Signs of hypoglycemia include: (Select all the apply)
Tremors
Hunger
Weak cry
Lethargy
Jaundice
Infants most at risk for cold stress are:
Large for gestational age
Premature
Macrosomic
Born in a hospital
The nurse checks the blood sugar of a 2-hour-old newborn and the glucometer reading is 32 mg/dL. The nurse should:
Recognize that this is a normal reading and document it.
Initiate breastfeeding.
Call the laboratory for a STAT blood glucose level.
Transfer the newborn to the NICU.
A nurse has been explaining TTN to the newborn's mother. Which of the following statements indicates that the mother understands the teaching?
"My baby will probably go home on oxygen therapy."
"I can breastfeed my baby while he is breathing so fast."
"This breathing problem may have happened because I had a Cesarean birth."
"My baby may be in the NICU for about 2 weeks."
Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS) is caused by:
Lack of surfactant and immaturity of the lungs
Excessive surfactant and post-term delivery
Immaturity of the lungs due to use of insulin in diabetes
Excessive red blood cells due to chronic fetal hypoxia
A diabetic patient delivers her baby at 36 weeks gestation. The infant is jittery and lethargic. Which is the priority nursing action for this infant?
Applying oxygen
Obtaining a heel stick blood glucose
After drying, wrapping the infant in warm blankets
Putting the baby to the breast
Which intervention should the nurse include in the plan of care for a jaundiced newborn who is to receive phototherapy?
Keeping the baby fully clothed to avoid burns
Encouraging breastfeeding four to six
times per day
Placing eye protection on the baby during therapy
Reporting fewer than two stools per day to the provider
Which data will cause the nurse to monitor a newborn for sepsis?
Postterm delivery
Maternal respiratory infection
Frequent vaginal examinations during labor and delivery
Amniotic fluid ruptured for less than 24 hours during childbirth
Which intervention should be included by the nurse in the plan of care for a family whose newborn is admitted to the NICU?
Referring to the baby using the last name
Allowing the parents to participate in
the baby’s care
Withholding the baby’s true diagnosis until more family is present
Explaining to the parents that their baby cannot be held if intubated
Which of the physical signs could indicate a risk for hyperbilirubinemia?
Acrocyanosis
Cephalohematoma
Newborn rash
Tremors
