NURS 307 exam 1 - Questions with Correct Answers
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169 questions with answers
Topic: NURS 307 exam 1
1. Evaporation
Answer: Risk during transition due to wetness from amniotic fluid. - body heat turns sweat
into vapor. Active work contributes to heat loss
2. Conduction
Answer: Contact with cool surfaces like scales. - direct contact with an object. ( like sitting or
lying on a cold ground )
3. Convection
Answer: Airflow and drafts in the room. - heat loss by air or water moving across the skin
surface
4. Radiation
Answer: Loss to cooler surfaces not in direct contact. - bare skin is exposed to an
environment containing objects of cooler temperature.
5. Normal respiratory rate for babies
Answer: 30-60 bpm
6. Importance of surfactant
Answer: Helps alveoli expand Prevents alveolar collapse Ensures effective gas exchange
7. Normal HR for newborn
Answer: 110-160 bpm
8. Pulmonary vascular resistance
Answer: decreases after birth with the babies first breath
9. Normal hemoglobin range for a newborn
Answer: 18 to 20 gm/dL
10. Blood production shift from a newborn
Answer: Transitions from the liver to the bone marrow
11. Vitamin K injection
Answer: Prophylactic measure to prevent hemorrhagic disease of the newborn.
12. Vitamin k and clotting factors
Answer: Newborns have immature liver functions causing a deficiency in clotting factors 2,
7, 9, and 10
13. Apgar score
Answer: a scale of 1-10 to evaluate a newborn infant's physical status at 1 and 5 minutes
after birth, how they are adapting to extra uterine life.
14. Expected muscle tone in newborns
Answer: Flexed posture Resistance during passive extension of extremities
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, 15. New Ballard Score (NBS)
Answer: Tool for estimating postnatal gestational age by doing a neuromuscular assessment
and a physical assessment of the newborn
16. Immune protection through breast milk
Answer: Maternal antibodies, immunoglobulins, WBC Provides defense against viruses and
bacteria Reduces risks of various infant health issues
17. Colostrum
Answer: The first milk produced in the 3rd trimester. It forms in the mammary glands and
plays an important role in building your baby's immune system. It's often called "liquid gold"
because of its rich, golden color and valuable benefits
18. Breastfeeding recommendations
Answer: Exclusive breastfeeding for first 6 months.
19. Acrocyanosis
Answer: Normal bluish discoloration of hands and feet of newborns
20. Neonatal Skin Properties
Answer: Thick epidermis providing barrier protection
21. Skin color changes at birth
Answer: Initial deep red or purple hue transitions to ethnicity - appropriate color
22. vernix caseosa
Answer: Protective, waxy coating composed of water, lipids, and proteins.
23. Lanugo
Answer: Fine, soft hair present on various body parts
24. Newborns have how many bones?
Answer: 270
25. Fontanels
Answer: Gaps in skull bones
26. anterior fontanel
Answer: Top of the head, diamond shape, closes by 18 months
27. posterior fontanel
Answer: Back of the head, triangle shape, closes by 3 months
28. Newborn skull composition
Answer: Five bones - occipital - frontal (2) - parietal (2)
29. Cranial sutures
Answer: Connective tissue allowing skull molding and brain growth
30. newborn reflexes
Answer: Develop in utero, necessary for survival
31. sucking reflex
Answer: Essential for feeding
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(Verified Update)
169 questions with answers
Topic: NURS 307 exam 1
1. Evaporation
Answer: Risk during transition due to wetness from amniotic fluid. - body heat turns sweat
into vapor. Active work contributes to heat loss
2. Conduction
Answer: Contact with cool surfaces like scales. - direct contact with an object. ( like sitting or
lying on a cold ground )
3. Convection
Answer: Airflow and drafts in the room. - heat loss by air or water moving across the skin
surface
4. Radiation
Answer: Loss to cooler surfaces not in direct contact. - bare skin is exposed to an
environment containing objects of cooler temperature.
5. Normal respiratory rate for babies
Answer: 30-60 bpm
6. Importance of surfactant
Answer: Helps alveoli expand Prevents alveolar collapse Ensures effective gas exchange
7. Normal HR for newborn
Answer: 110-160 bpm
8. Pulmonary vascular resistance
Answer: decreases after birth with the babies first breath
9. Normal hemoglobin range for a newborn
Answer: 18 to 20 gm/dL
10. Blood production shift from a newborn
Answer: Transitions from the liver to the bone marrow
11. Vitamin K injection
Answer: Prophylactic measure to prevent hemorrhagic disease of the newborn.
12. Vitamin k and clotting factors
Answer: Newborns have immature liver functions causing a deficiency in clotting factors 2,
7, 9, and 10
13. Apgar score
Answer: a scale of 1-10 to evaluate a newborn infant's physical status at 1 and 5 minutes
after birth, how they are adapting to extra uterine life.
14. Expected muscle tone in newborns
Answer: Flexed posture Resistance during passive extension of extremities
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, 15. New Ballard Score (NBS)
Answer: Tool for estimating postnatal gestational age by doing a neuromuscular assessment
and a physical assessment of the newborn
16. Immune protection through breast milk
Answer: Maternal antibodies, immunoglobulins, WBC Provides defense against viruses and
bacteria Reduces risks of various infant health issues
17. Colostrum
Answer: The first milk produced in the 3rd trimester. It forms in the mammary glands and
plays an important role in building your baby's immune system. It's often called "liquid gold"
because of its rich, golden color and valuable benefits
18. Breastfeeding recommendations
Answer: Exclusive breastfeeding for first 6 months.
19. Acrocyanosis
Answer: Normal bluish discoloration of hands and feet of newborns
20. Neonatal Skin Properties
Answer: Thick epidermis providing barrier protection
21. Skin color changes at birth
Answer: Initial deep red or purple hue transitions to ethnicity - appropriate color
22. vernix caseosa
Answer: Protective, waxy coating composed of water, lipids, and proteins.
23. Lanugo
Answer: Fine, soft hair present on various body parts
24. Newborns have how many bones?
Answer: 270
25. Fontanels
Answer: Gaps in skull bones
26. anterior fontanel
Answer: Top of the head, diamond shape, closes by 18 months
27. posterior fontanel
Answer: Back of the head, triangle shape, closes by 3 months
28. Newborn skull composition
Answer: Five bones - occipital - frontal (2) - parietal (2)
29. Cranial sutures
Answer: Connective tissue allowing skull molding and brain growth
30. newborn reflexes
Answer: Develop in utero, necessary for survival
31. sucking reflex
Answer: Essential for feeding
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