AWHONN POEP Module 12 Exam Questions and Answers Graded

During fetal life, the foramen ovale — ANS: allows blood to directly enter the left atrium from the right atrium. Mrs. Jung is returning to work 8 weeks after the birth of her first baby. When teaching about pumping and storing breast milk, it is important to stress that the best method for breast milk to be thawed - ANS: in the refrigerator. Mrs. Johnson has described that her infant has been crying constantly since his circumcision this morning. When you arrive at her room, you find the infant crying in his crib. Which of the following nonpharmacologic interventions can you teach Mrs. Johnson. to help console her infant? ANS: Holding and rocking The production of body heat that results from the metabolism of brown adipose tissue is called - ANS: nonshivering thermogenesis. Baby Lourdes was born 4 hours ago at 42 weeks of gestation by vacuum-assisted delivery. On your initial newborn examination, you document an edematous, bruised lesion on the right anterior scalp where the vacuum was applied. This lesion has clearly demarcated edges and does not cross the suture line. This is best described as a - ANS: cephalohematoma Hyperthermia is defined as a rectal or axillary temperature greater than 99.50F (37.5QC). The most common cause of hyperthermia in the newborn is - ANS: environmental. Eye prophylaxis with a single-use dose of sterile ophthalmic ointment containing 1 % tetracycline or 0.5% erythromycin is usually administered within the first hour of birth to prevent which of the following conditions? ANS: Gonococcal opthalmia neonatorum The fetal circulatory system is supported by the placenta. The umbilical cord, which is comprised oftwo arteries and one vein, carries bloo