Question | Answer |
choking baby; baby on back to sleep; if choking lay on side, smack between shoulder blades, suck out with syringe; diapers, bathing | Education |
Breastfeeding; hand washing; no sick people around them | Prevent Infection |
Vitamin K; helps blood clot and prevent serious bleeding; clotting factor produced | Prevent Hemmorhage |
Feeding; Holding | Promote Bonding |
4 ways (evaporation,radiation, convection, & conduction); double wrapping/ hats | Promote thermoregulation |
On back to sleep; bulb syringe at the head of the bed | Maintain airway |
extra finger; simple, no bone | polydactyly |
extra toe; fusion into one; bone | syndactyly |
crease all across hand; sign of down syndrome; normal: 3 creases in hand | simian crease |
birth defect; opening to anus is missing or blocked; stool would be a normal sign | Imperforate anus |
Baseline date; temp. of newborn | 97.6-99.0 |
baseline data; HR of newborn | 110-180 BPM ;110-sleeping;180-crying |
broken capillaries (face & head); septic; where and how much? | Petechiae |
red broken blood vessels; slightly raised | capillary hemangioma |
protective lubricant | vernix caseosa |
blue( face, head, trunk) | cyanosis |
hands & feet: blue; bad circulation; usually normal(premature) | acrocynanosis |
fine hair; protective; more on premature | lanugo |
blue around mouth; hard time breathing/suction | circumoral cyanosis |
birth defect; backbone and spinal canal do not close before birth; type of spina bifida | myelomeningocele |
could be sign of hip dysplasia; click, pop clunk, when externally rotating hip | unequal gluteal creases |
small dimple or hole located just above the buttocks | pilonidial dimple |
testes are high in the canal; failure to descend into scrotum | undescended testes |
accumulation of fluid in sac | hydrocele |
urethra end up on upper aspect (high up, the groin area) | epispadias |
urethra is set low on penis; above | hypospadias |
white heads(head,face,nose);don't pop, may cause infection | milia |
black blueish around sacrum & coccyx (common in middle eastern, Mediterranean;normal) | Mongolian spots |
flat red area on skin; stork bite; congenital malformation | nervus flammeus |
epicanthal folds don't line up with | low set ears |
broken capillaries; raised; shiny | hemangioma |
newborn rash; happens from change to intrauterine to extrauterine | Erythema toxicum |
inspection & palpation (flat & soft); symmetry-hair texture;birth trauma;lacerations;bruising;presence of palsies | Head assessment |
swelling; bruising;increase of molding of the bones of the head;caused by long or diffiuclt delivery | Molding caput succedaneum |
semi-circular red mark on face caused by the use of surgical instrument | Forcep marks |
collection of blood under scalp, caused by pressure during birth; risk for jaundice of liver immaturity; on one side | cephalhematoma |
flat and soft at the surface | posterior and anterior fontanel |
broken blood vessels in the eye | subconjunctival hemmorahage |
folds in the eye | epicanthal folds |
increased intracranial pressure ; eyes are raised; upward gaze | sunset eyes |
remain fixed; don't move eyes | doll's eyes |
short, fatty,creased | neck assessment |
soft, slightly distended;3 vessel cord, 2 arteries 1 vein | abdomen assessment |
2 arteries 1 vein; umbilical cord | 3 vessel cord |
symmetry; 1-2 cm smaller than head circumference | chest assessment |
extra nipple with no function | supernumerary nipples |
special bottle used for babies having difficulty sucking and feeding problems; haberman's nipple | cleft lip/ cleft palate |
ability to suck; palette normal and intact | normal mouth |
presence of teeth in oral cavity at birth; caused by premature eruption | natal teeth |
check for patency; block one side then the other | patent nares |
adjustment of extrauterine life; gestational age; identify abnormal findings or congenital anomalies | purpose of assessment |
done when first born at 1 min, 5 min, 10 min; when under 7 then done at 10 min also; to assess health of newborn immediately after birth | apgar test |
hypotonic=bad; may be floppy if sugar is low; good= flexed extremities, good tone | general appearance |
Asian and Hispanic cultures believe their milk isn't ready yet so bottle feed; first educate that few days their milk has clostridium which is good for immunity of babies | cultural considerations |