Week 2 Review Flashcards
What is the difference between Conduction and Convection?
Conduction is the transfer of temperature by physical contact
Convection is the transfer of temperature by the circulation of air
What is the difference between the erythrocytes of a new born and those of an older child or adult?
Shorter lifespan
What is given to a new born to improve clotting factors?
Vitamin K
What is the Day 1 blood glucose level for the neonate?
40 - 60
What is the glucose level of the neonate after day 1?
50 - 100
What are 4 sources of Bilirubin?
Bruising, Cephalhemotoma, physiologic destruction of RBC’s, Pathologic destruction of RBC’s
How much of a new born is composed of water?
75%
What is the only Ig to pass through the placenta?
IgG
What Ig protects the newborn from gram negative bacteria?
IgM
Which Ig is passes from mother to newborn through the breast milk?
IgA
What is the pulse of a newborn?
120 - 160
What is the R/R of the newborn?
30 - 60
What is the average systolic of the newborn?
65-95
What is the average diastolic of the newborn?
30 - 60
How does the nurse perform the Barlow Test?
adduct the hips, and apply gentle pressure down and back with the thumbs. In hip dysplasia, the examiner can feel the femoral head move out of the acetabulum.
What are the sounds that can be heard during the Barlow Test?
Clunking - abnormal sound
Clicking - normal sound
What is the Barbinski Reflex?
stroke the lateral sole of the infants foot from the heel forward and across the ball of the foot. This causes the toes to flare outward and the big toe to dorsiflex
What are the signs of a newborn with hypoglycemia?
Jitteriness, tremors, sweating, tachypena, grunting, cyanosis, apnea, diaphoresis, low temperature, poor suck, high-pitched cry, lethargy, seizures, coma
What is the leading cause of pregnancy loss?
Spontaneous Abortion
What is the sign of a threatened abortion?
vaginal bleeding occurs
What is the sign of a inevitable abortion?
Membranes rupture and cervix dilates
What happens during a incomplete abortion?
Some products of conception have been expelled but some remain.
What happens during a complete abortion?
all products of conception are expelled from the uterus
What happens in a missed abortion?
The fetus dies during the first half of the pregnancy but is retained in the uterus.
What defines a “Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion”
three or more consecutive spontaneous abortions
What defines a Ectopic Pregnancy?
Implantation of the fertilized ovum in an area outside of the uterine cavity.
What is the cause of the increasing number of ectopic pregnancies?
pelvic inflammation
What is placenta previa?
implantation of the placenta in the lower uterus, near the fetal presenting part.
Name the 3 types of placenta previa?
Marginal, Partial, and Total