Fitzgerald Chapter 16 - Primary Care of
the Well and Sick Infant, Child, and Teen
Study Guide Exam Questions With
Solutions Rated A+.
neonate age - Answer 0-28 days
infancy age - Answer first year of life
toddler age - Answer 1-2 years
preschool age - Answer 3-4 years
school-age - Answer 5-12 years
what distance can baby see mom's face as a newborn? - Answer 8-12" from face
full-term healthy newborn - bluish scleral tint is noted regardless of ethnicity or eye color, true
or false? - Answer true - conjunctiva are highly vascular and thin BUT if it persists more than 2
months, think OSTEOGENESIS
full-term healthy newborn - the newborn's eyes are quite light and glare sensitive, true or false?
- Answer true! they have an optical blink reflex
full-term healthy newborn - if an object goes towards the newborn's eye, the baby will likely
react with a defensive blink, true or false? - Answer true! optical blink reflex
babies' best sense? - Answer smell
do babies respond to high or low pitched voices and noises? - Answer high pitched
preterm pregnancy - Answer less than or equal to 37 weeks
,Firm sleep mattress
Room-sharing WITHOUT BED SHARING is recommended for first year of life
Get regular prenatal care
Avoid smoke exposure during pregnancy and after birth
Avoid ETOH
Breastfeed
Offer pacifier at nap time and bed time
Avoid infant overheating (don't overswaddle)
physiologic jaundice of the newborn - Answer occurs AFTER first 24 hours
related to breastfeeding; takes a while for breast milk to come in, baby is dehydrated
pathologic jaundice in newborn - Answer occurs in FIRST 24 hours after birth
related to: biliary atresia (lack duct to drain bilirubin); neonatal sepsis, ABO blood
incompatability
You are providing counseling for the parents and caregivers or a healthy full-term newborn who
is being breastfed. The counseling should include information on all of the following except:
A. The baby should make at least 6 wet diapers a day
B. Newborns often lose up to 10% of birth weight in the first week of life
C. A Breastfed baby usually has 4 or more bowel movements a day (8-10 diapers/day)
D. The baby should be back up to birth weight by age 3-4 weeks - Answer D. The baby should
be back up to birth weight by age 3-4 weeks.
False - 2 weeks should be back at birth weight.
infant feeding - formula
newborn - Answer 2oz (1.5-3 oz) every 2-3 hours
, 4 months - Answer 6 oz (4-6 oz) every 3-4 hours
infant feeding - formula
6 months - Answer 6 oz (6-8 oz) every 4-5 hours
breastfeeding
newborn - Answer breast every 2 hours
breastfeeding
2 months - Answer breast every 4 hours
breastfeeding
4 months - Answer breast every 6 hours
breastfeeding
6 months - Answer breast 6x/day
chlamydial (inclusion) conjunctivitis - Answer occurs 5-14 days after exposure
take chlamydia culture of eye
rx: ORAL erythromycin (at risk for chlamydia PNA)
gonococcal conjunctivitis - Answer most babies get chemoprophylaxis at birth
You are rounding in the nursery and see a neonate of a mother who is HBsAg-Positive. You
should:
A. Check the baby for HBsAb
B. Inform the mother that she should not breastfeed
C. Administer hepatitis B immunization to mother and infant
D. Give hepatitis B Immunization and hepatitis B immune globulin - Answer D. Give hepatitis B
Immunization and hepatitis B immune globulin
the Well and Sick Infant, Child, and Teen
Study Guide Exam Questions With
Solutions Rated A+.
neonate age - Answer 0-28 days
infancy age - Answer first year of life
toddler age - Answer 1-2 years
preschool age - Answer 3-4 years
school-age - Answer 5-12 years
what distance can baby see mom's face as a newborn? - Answer 8-12" from face
full-term healthy newborn - bluish scleral tint is noted regardless of ethnicity or eye color, true
or false? - Answer true - conjunctiva are highly vascular and thin BUT if it persists more than 2
months, think OSTEOGENESIS
full-term healthy newborn - the newborn's eyes are quite light and glare sensitive, true or false?
- Answer true! they have an optical blink reflex
full-term healthy newborn - if an object goes towards the newborn's eye, the baby will likely
react with a defensive blink, true or false? - Answer true! optical blink reflex
babies' best sense? - Answer smell
do babies respond to high or low pitched voices and noises? - Answer high pitched
preterm pregnancy - Answer less than or equal to 37 weeks
,Firm sleep mattress
Room-sharing WITHOUT BED SHARING is recommended for first year of life
Get regular prenatal care
Avoid smoke exposure during pregnancy and after birth
Avoid ETOH
Breastfeed
Offer pacifier at nap time and bed time
Avoid infant overheating (don't overswaddle)
physiologic jaundice of the newborn - Answer occurs AFTER first 24 hours
related to breastfeeding; takes a while for breast milk to come in, baby is dehydrated
pathologic jaundice in newborn - Answer occurs in FIRST 24 hours after birth
related to: biliary atresia (lack duct to drain bilirubin); neonatal sepsis, ABO blood
incompatability
You are providing counseling for the parents and caregivers or a healthy full-term newborn who
is being breastfed. The counseling should include information on all of the following except:
A. The baby should make at least 6 wet diapers a day
B. Newborns often lose up to 10% of birth weight in the first week of life
C. A Breastfed baby usually has 4 or more bowel movements a day (8-10 diapers/day)
D. The baby should be back up to birth weight by age 3-4 weeks - Answer D. The baby should
be back up to birth weight by age 3-4 weeks.
False - 2 weeks should be back at birth weight.
infant feeding - formula
newborn - Answer 2oz (1.5-3 oz) every 2-3 hours
, 4 months - Answer 6 oz (4-6 oz) every 3-4 hours
infant feeding - formula
6 months - Answer 6 oz (6-8 oz) every 4-5 hours
breastfeeding
newborn - Answer breast every 2 hours
breastfeeding
2 months - Answer breast every 4 hours
breastfeeding
4 months - Answer breast every 6 hours
breastfeeding
6 months - Answer breast 6x/day
chlamydial (inclusion) conjunctivitis - Answer occurs 5-14 days after exposure
take chlamydia culture of eye
rx: ORAL erythromycin (at risk for chlamydia PNA)
gonococcal conjunctivitis - Answer most babies get chemoprophylaxis at birth
You are rounding in the nursery and see a neonate of a mother who is HBsAg-Positive. You
should:
A. Check the baby for HBsAb
B. Inform the mother that she should not breastfeed
C. Administer hepatitis B immunization to mother and infant
D. Give hepatitis B Immunization and hepatitis B immune globulin - Answer D. Give hepatitis B
Immunization and hepatitis B immune globulin
