EVOLVE MATERNITY NEWBORN EXAM 2024-
2025 / MATERNITY EVOLVE NEWBORN EXAM
ACTUAL EXAM 175 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS
Terms in this set (175)
How should the nurse By pressing the examining fingers against the palms of
assess a newborn's grasp the newborn's hands
reflex?
A client at 43 weeks' 1 Cracked and peeling skin
gestation has just given 2 Long scalp hair and fingernails
birth to an infant with 5 Creases covering the neonate's full soles and palms
typical postmaturity
characteristics. Which
postmature signs does the
nurse identify? (Select all
that apply.)
A 7-lb newborn is admitted Promote clotting of the blood
to the nursery with a
prescription for
intramuscular phytonadione
(vitamin K, Aquamephyton) 1
mg. The nurse explains to
the parents that this vitamin
is administered to:
,A nurse who is admitting a Infection
newborn to the nursery
observes a fetal scalp
monitor site on the scalp.
For what complication
should the nurse monitor
this newborn?
What should the nurse do Use tactile stimuli on the chest or extremities
when an apnea monitor
sounds an alarm 10 seconds
after cessation of
respirations?
Respiratory acidosis is An increased Paco 2 of 55 mm Hg
confirmed in a neonate with
respiratory distress
syndrome when the
laboratory report reveals:
Which characteristics 1 Small breast buds
should alert the nurse to 2 Wrinkled thin skin
conclude that a male 5 Pinnae that remain flat when folded
newborn is a preterm
infant? (Select all that
apply.)
On the third postpartum Breakdown of fetal red blood cells
day a mother visits the clinic
and asks why her newborn's
skin has begun to appear
yellow. The nurse explains
that the change in her
infant's skin tone is the
result of:
, A client at 36 weeks' Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR)
gestation exhibits
oligohydramnios. What
newborn complication
should the nurse anticipate?
A client has chosen not to Clean the penis with warm water at each diaper change.
have her son circumcised.
What instruction should be
included in discharge
teaching for the care of an
uncircumcised neonate?
A nursing instructor Metabolism of brown fat
provides education for the
students on
thermoregulation in the
nursery. The students
determine that in the
healthy full-term neonate,
heat production is
accomplished by:
At 10 hours of age a Suctioning the mouth
newborn has a large
amount of mucus in the
nasopharynx and becomes
cyanotic. What is the nurse's
initial action?
While a mother is inspecting "This is expected. Your baby is trying to focus."
her newborn she expresses
concern that her baby's
eyes are crossed. How
should the nurse respond?
2025 / MATERNITY EVOLVE NEWBORN EXAM
ACTUAL EXAM 175 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS
Terms in this set (175)
How should the nurse By pressing the examining fingers against the palms of
assess a newborn's grasp the newborn's hands
reflex?
A client at 43 weeks' 1 Cracked and peeling skin
gestation has just given 2 Long scalp hair and fingernails
birth to an infant with 5 Creases covering the neonate's full soles and palms
typical postmaturity
characteristics. Which
postmature signs does the
nurse identify? (Select all
that apply.)
A 7-lb newborn is admitted Promote clotting of the blood
to the nursery with a
prescription for
intramuscular phytonadione
(vitamin K, Aquamephyton) 1
mg. The nurse explains to
the parents that this vitamin
is administered to:
,A nurse who is admitting a Infection
newborn to the nursery
observes a fetal scalp
monitor site on the scalp.
For what complication
should the nurse monitor
this newborn?
What should the nurse do Use tactile stimuli on the chest or extremities
when an apnea monitor
sounds an alarm 10 seconds
after cessation of
respirations?
Respiratory acidosis is An increased Paco 2 of 55 mm Hg
confirmed in a neonate with
respiratory distress
syndrome when the
laboratory report reveals:
Which characteristics 1 Small breast buds
should alert the nurse to 2 Wrinkled thin skin
conclude that a male 5 Pinnae that remain flat when folded
newborn is a preterm
infant? (Select all that
apply.)
On the third postpartum Breakdown of fetal red blood cells
day a mother visits the clinic
and asks why her newborn's
skin has begun to appear
yellow. The nurse explains
that the change in her
infant's skin tone is the
result of:
, A client at 36 weeks' Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR)
gestation exhibits
oligohydramnios. What
newborn complication
should the nurse anticipate?
A client has chosen not to Clean the penis with warm water at each diaper change.
have her son circumcised.
What instruction should be
included in discharge
teaching for the care of an
uncircumcised neonate?
A nursing instructor Metabolism of brown fat
provides education for the
students on
thermoregulation in the
nursery. The students
determine that in the
healthy full-term neonate,
heat production is
accomplished by:
At 10 hours of age a Suctioning the mouth
newborn has a large
amount of mucus in the
nasopharynx and becomes
cyanotic. What is the nurse's
initial action?
While a mother is inspecting "This is expected. Your baby is trying to focus."
her newborn she expresses
concern that her baby's
eyes are crossed. How
should the nurse respond?
