Review Questions
1. The nurse is caring for a patient with a spontaneous abortion at 8 weeks’ gestation. What is the most common cause of first trimester loss? 2. A 29-year-old Chinese American patient is admitted for IUFD. Her blood pressure (BP)…
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Key Terms
antepartum fetal deathdeath that occurs before the onset of laborearly pregnancy lossoccurs before 20 weeks’ gestation and is most often the result of an abortionintrapartum fetal death (IPFD)death that occurs after 20 weeks of gestation and after the onset of…
Competency-Based Assessments
1. You are a nurse attending to a delivery, and the newborn is not responding well, requiring resuscitation. Identify the critical signs that indicate neonatal resuscitation is required and discuss the immediate steps you would take. 2. As a clinical…
Check Your Understanding Questions
1. What maternal factors increase a newborn’s risk of injury during labor and delivery? 2. Describe the most common birth-related fractures and nerve injuries in the newborn. 3. Different forms of palsy or paralysis can occur from birth injury. Which…
Review Questions
1. Edward, a newborn delivered at 41 weeks’ gestation, weighs 10 lb 4 oz. Vaginal delivery for this G1P1 mother was assisted with forceps. The nurse is completing her assessment and notes a sharply demarcated swelling over the parietal bones.…
Key Terms
acyanoticcardiac defects that result in oxygen saturations of 90 percent or greater, with a left-to-right shuntapnea of prematurity (AOP)condition in which breathing stops for 15 to 20 seconds or more, shorter if associated with bradycardia or desaturationasocial stagegeneral lack of…
Competency-Based Assessments
1. In what ways might the expected voiding and stooling patterns differ between a breast-fed and a formula-fed newborn, and how would you address parental concerns related to variations in these patterns? 2. As a nursing student, how would you…
What Should the Nurse Do?
James, a 2-day-old male, has been brought to the pediatric clinic for a routine checkup by his parents. James is exclusively breast-fed, and his parents express concern about his feeding patterns and voiding behavior. James’s mother reports that he has…
Check Your Understanding Questions
1. When educating the birthing parent on infant feeding, what are some questions that the nurse should ask first? 2. When talking to the birthing parent about their newborn’s voiding and stooling patterns, what would be important to ask and…
Review Questions
1. The nurse provides discharge instructions to a parent about umbilical cord care. What statement by the parent indicates effective health teaching? 2. When teaching umbilical cord care to a new parent, the nurse would include which information? 3. A…