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Assessment of Neonate

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What is included in Neonate History?   Maternal History ; Antepartum (The pregnancy) ; Peripartum (The Labor) ; Delivery ; Apgars  
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What is included in the physical assessment?   Body measurements ; VS ; Posture/movement ; Cry/tone  
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What do you look for in the Neonates skin?   Thickness/turgor ; Acrocyanosis ; Vernix ; Lanugo ; Color/ Jaundice  
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Petechiae look like what?   Purple splotchy skin marks.  
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What is Milia?   Subasious glands full usually on the nose and look like little bumps.  
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What is the Harlequin sign   Half white half pink baby.  
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Hemangiomas are raised capillary beds that will not go away. (T/F)   False they do go away.  
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What does mottling look like?   Like white lace and splotchy pink pattern. Sign of cold stress.  
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What is a normal head size?   Should be 25% of body length.  
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What are some shapes of the head?   Molded ; Caput ; Cephalhematoma ; Sutures ; Fontanels  
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What do you assess for on the Neonates face , eyes, ears?   Face =symmetry. Eyes = symmetry, corneas, sclera , red reflex, doll's eyes. Ears = Shape, positioning, hearing.  
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What do you assess for on the Neonates Mouth, nose, neck?   Mouth= Lips, tongu, palate, gums, reflexes, epstein's pearls, natal teeth. Nose = Symmetry, shape, potency Neck = Appearance, motion, masses or extra folds.  
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What do you assess for on the Neonates Chest?   Clavicles ; Breast tissue ; Lungs = (Diameter/size/shape, location/degree of retractions, rate of breathing, regularity, breath sounds.)  
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What are the normal FHR, brady, and tacky rates?   Normal FHR = 120-160  
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What do you assess for on the neonates heart?   Rate ; Rhythm ; Sounds (murmurs, clicks, Point of maximum impulse) ; Pulses (brachial, femoral, pedal)  
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What do you assess for on the neonates Abdomen?   shape ; size ; sounds ; loops ; soft/firm/color ; skin defects ; umbilical cord.  
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What do you assess for on the male neonates genitals?   Urinary meatus visible, hypospadias, testes, hernia.  
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What do you assess for on the female neonates genitals?   Underdeveloped ; discharge ; skin tags  
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What do you assess for on the neonates back?   Anus = Position and patency Spine = Curving, neural tube defects, dimples, tufts of hair  
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What might dimple above the butt checks indicate?   If it is hole, it might represent spinabifida.  
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What do you assess for on the neonates Hips?   Use barlow and ortolan tests ; symmetry of gluteal and thigh creases  
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What do you assess for on the neonates Arms, hands, legs, feet?   number and formation of digits ; fractures  
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What do you assess for on the neonates extremities?   Hips ; Arms/hands/legs/feet ; pulses ; movement  
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What is the Barlow-ortolani test?   grabbing legs and bringing up to the chest. Checking for hip dysplasia.  
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What are some neurological signs to assess for in neonates?   Jitteriness ; Seizures ; Cry ; Contentment vs. Irritability  
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What are the neurological reflexes?   Rooting and sucking - Palmar grasp reflex - Plantar grasp - Babinski - stepping - Moro - Tonic neck  
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