QUIZ 1: CHAPTER 26: NURSING CARE OF A FAMILY WITH A HIGH-RISK NEWBORN Flashcards
Newborn Assessment of Transition to Extrauterine Life #1
Immediate assessment:
Initiation and maintenance of respiration
Establishment of extrauterine circulation
Thermoregulation
Fluid and electrolyte balance
To be assessed after immediate concerns:
Nutrition
Waste elimination
Infection
Progression of infant-parent/caregiver relationship
Infant development
Assessment of Gestational Age
An accurate assessment incorporates size and maturity
Assessment methods include:
Mother’s menstrual history
Prenatal ultrasonography
Evaluation of obstetric parameter
Postnatal maturation
is commonly used to determine gestational age.
Assesses neuromuscular and physical maturity
Ballard score
- How baby holds arms and legs at rest
Resting posture
- How baby’s arms “spring back” to flexed position
Arm recoil
- How far baby’s knees extend
Popliteal angle
- How far baby’s elbows can be moved across their chest
Scarf sign
- How close baby’s feet can be moved to their ears
Heel to ear
- less translucent, dry, peeling
Skin
- fine, non pigmented, hair all over 27-28 weeks, disappears gradually
Lanugo
- presence or absence of creases
Plantar creases
- prominent labia majora, descend, rugation
Genitalia
: < 2500 gm
LBW (low birth weight)
: 1000 - 1500 gm
VLBW (very low birth weight)
: 500 - 1000 gm
ELBW (Extremely very low birth weight)
AGA - _% of all births
SGA - _% of all births
LGA - _% of all births
80
10
10
Birth weight if below the 10th percentile on an intrauterine growth chart
SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE (SGA)
(IUGR)
intrauterine growth restriction
infants whose birth weight is above the 90th percentile an the intrauterine growth chart for their gestational age
Large-for-gestational-age (LGA) infants
- caused by infant’s system attempting to fully oxygenated all body tissues
Polycythemia
- esp for infants born to diabetic mothers, the increased blood glucose level in utero causes the fetus to produce elevated levels of insulin.
Hypoglycemia
An infant born before end af 37 WOG, weight of ‹ 2500 gm at birth
Observe closely for respiratory distress syndrome, hypoglycemia, and intracranial hemorrhage
PRETERM INFANT