Maternity/ Peds study topics

Question 1

Normal Newborn Heart Rates

Answer 1

100 when asleep
120-160 awake and calm
up to 180 when crying

Question 2

Normal newborn RR

Answer 2

30-60 20 seconds of apnea at times

Question 3

What is the first baby stool, and what does it look like

Answer 3

meconium
black and tarry

Question 4

what does transitional school look like

Answer 4

thin, green and brown

Question 5

What is a normal stool of a baby that is breast fed?

Answer 5

golden yellow with sour milk odor

Question 6

when do anterior fontanelles close?

Answer 6

by 18 mo

Question 7

when do posterior fontanelles close?

Answer 7

by 8-12 weeks

Question 8

what is caput succedaneum?

Answer 8

edema of the scalp

Question 9

what does a buldging fontanelle indicate?

Answer 9

increased icp

Question 10

what does a sunken fontanelle include?

Answer 10

dehydration

Question 11

what is dystocia?

Answer 11

difficult birth due to fetal or pelvis size

Question 12

what is frank breech?

Answer 12

baby is butt first

Question 13

what is a complete breech?

Answer 13

feet, legs, butt first

Question 14

what is a incomplete breech?

Answer 14

one or both feet delivered first

Question 15

what do you do for umbilical cord prolapse?

Answer 15

place in trendelenburg or knee to chest
prepare for c section

Question 16

when pku testing what is restricted?

Answer 16

no protein containing foods

Question 17

where does the baby sit?

Answer 17

inside the top half of the uterine cavity

Question 18

what does an apgar score less than 4 require?

Answer 18

emergency intervention

Question 19

what does an apgar score 4-6 require?

Answer 19

needs airway support

Question 20

what does an apgar score 7-10 require?

Answer 20

routine care

Question 21

when is apgar reassessed?

Answer 21

5 minutes after birth, if at 5 minutes 7 or less nurse must stay with child

Question 22

what are the interventions for a client whos membranes ruptured during labor? SATA

Answer 22

void q2 hours
do not ambulate
hydrate and calories
place supine w/ pillow under hips or side lying