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FINAL EXAMINATION PAPER dd dd




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STUDENT NAME: ________________________________
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COURSE: CCRN Neonatal Cartes dd dd dd TIME: _____________
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EXAM CODE: CCRN NEONATAL EXAM QUESTIONS ANS
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WERS-101




EXAM INSTRUCTIONS:dd



1. Print your full name and date clearly in the header above.
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2. This exam booklet contains both Test Questions (Part I) and Verified Solutions (Part II).
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3. Answer all multiple-choice questions clearly. Double-check your work.
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4. Do not break the seal or open this booklet until instructed to do so by the proctor.
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Q1. A deformation is a(n)
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[Verified Solution]: abnormality caused by unusual mechanical forces on normal tissue.
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Q2. A low birth weight infant's temperature increases during skin-to-
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skin care. This is an example of heat transfer by
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[Verified Solution]: conduction. dd dddd




Q3. At the onset of labor the release of catecholamines stimulates
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[Verified Solution]: increased absorption of lung fluid.
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Q4. An edematous, bruised lesion on the right anterior scalp where the vacuum was applied.
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This lesion has clearly demarcated edges, is firm to touch, and does not cross the suture line. T
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his is best described as a
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[Verified Solution]: cephalohematoma.
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Q5. An infant born at 40 5/7 weeks gestation and weighed 5 lbs 2oz (2,360 grams). In complet
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ing a gestational age assessment on this infant, you would identify her as
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[Verified Solution]: term, small for gestational age.
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,Q6. During fetal life, the ductus arteriosus
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[Verified Solution]: diverts blood flow from the pulmonary artery to the descending aorta.
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Q7. Expected findings in a neonate born to a mother who received magnesium sulfate in labo
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r include
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[Verified Solution]: hypotonia.
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Q8. Eye prophylaxis with a single-
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use dose of sterile ophthalmic ointment containing 1% tetracycline or 0.5% erythromycin is us
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ually administered within the first few hours of birth to prevent an eye infection caused by
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[Verified Solution]: gonorrhea.
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Q9. Following a birth complicated by shoulder dystocia, the neonate should be assessed for
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[Verified Solution]: Erb's palsy.
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Q10. Preeclampsia may result in all of the following fetal conditions
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[Verified Solution]: growth restriction, hypoxia/neurological injury, prematurity.
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Q11. Hyperthermia is defined as an axillary temperature greater than 99.5ºF (37.5ºC). The M
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OST common cause of hyperthermia in the newborn is
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[Verified Solution]: environmental.
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Q12. In the immediate newborn transition period, the ability to maintain functional residual l
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ung capacity is most dependent upon
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[Verified Solution]: an adequate amount of alveolar surfactant.
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Q13. Neonates at risk of hypoglycemia should have their glucose levels evaluated within 2 hou
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rs of life because
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[Verified Solution]: blood glucose levels reach their lowest point within one to two hours after deliver
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y.

,Q14. Polycythemia in the immediate newborn period is often associated with
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[Verified Solution]: infant of a diabetic mother.
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Q15. Symptoms of mild perinatal asphyxia include
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[Verified Solution]: hyperalert state and jitteriness.
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Q16. The condition in which the newborn's immature hypothalamus does not regulate periph
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eral blood vessels, resulting in a vasoconstriction on one side of the body with a vasodilation o
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n the opposite side of the body is called
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[Verified Solution]: harlequin phenomena.
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Q17. The following conditions may all lead to metabolic acidosis
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[Verified Solution]: loss of HCO3/excess acid load d/t prematurity, renal tubular necrosis, severe diarr
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hea, hypoxia, hypoperfusion, inborn errors of metabolism, caloric deprivation, intolerance of cow's milk
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protein.




Q18. The full newborn cardiovascular assessment includes auscultation, inspection, and palpa
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tion. The point of maximum impulse is usually palpable and can be auscultated in the
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[Verified Solution]: third to fourth intercostal space and left of the midclavicular line.
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Q19. The neonate born to a mother with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus should be evaluated fo
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r
[Verified Solution]: congenital malformations.
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Q20. You are the nurse caring for a 38 weeks gestation, female infant, who was born one hou
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r ago in the parking lot of the emergency room. On admission to the nursery, the neonate's re
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ctal temperature was 95ºF (35ºC). You recognize that cold stress may predispose the infant to
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[Verified Solution]: increased oxygen consumption and hypoxia.
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Q21. A full term neonate who presents at six hours of age with increasingly labile oxygenation
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that appears disproportionate to the pulmonary disease should be evaluated for
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[Verified Solution]: pulmonary hypertension of the newborn.
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, Q22. The development of pneumonia in chronically ventilated infants is most commonly assoc
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iated with which of the following organisms?
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[Verified Solution]: Ureaplasma urealyticum
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Q23. Antenatal steroids enhance lung maturation by
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[Verified Solution]: increasing the number of type II pneumocytes in the lung.
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Q24. Mean airway pressure is defined as the
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[Verified Solution]: pressure transmitted to the lung throughout the respiratory cycle.
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Q25. Many infants with the diagnosis of persistent pulmonary hypertension (PPHN) will have
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pharmacologic support. Identify the medication that is a direct-
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acting vasodilator and acts by relaxing pulmonary vessel musculature.
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[Verified Solution]: Nitric oxide
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Q26. The following arterial blood gas results: pH 7.28, PaO2 74, PaCO2 55, HCO3-
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21 and base deficit -4 indicate
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[Verified Solution]: respiratory acidosis.
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Q27. Which statement is most accurate when identifying the pathophysiology of transient tach
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ypnea of the newborn (TTN)?
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[Verified Solution]: Labor enhances the process of fetal lung fluid absorption
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Q28. During which phase of fetal pulmonary development do the type II pneumocytes become
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numerous and begin to produce and store surfactant?
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[Verified Solution]: Canalicular phase
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Q29. An absence of air flow despite respiratory effort is an example of which apnea classificat
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ion?
[Verified Solution]: Obstructive apnea
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