AWHONN NEONATAL MODULES EXAM
AWHONN Neonatal Modules Exam Updated 2025 (A+
Graded 100% Verified Answers)
Neonates at risk of hypoglycemia should have their glucose levels evaluated within 2 hours
of life because - ANSWER✅ blood glucose levels reach their lowest point within one to two
hours after delivery.
In the immediate newborn transition period, the ability to maintain functional residual lung
capacity is most dependent upon - ANSWER✅ an adequate amount of alveolar surfactant.
At the onset of labor the release of catecholamines stimulates - ANSWER✅ increased
absorption of lung fluid.
An edematous, bruised lesion on the right anterior scalp where the vacuum was applied. This
lesion has clearly demarcated edges, is firm to touch, and does not cross the suture line.
This is best described as a - ANSWER✅ cephalohematoma.
An infant born at 40 5/7 weeks gestation and weighed 5 lbs 2oz (2,360 grams). In
completing a gestational age assessment on this infant, you would identify her as -
ANSWER✅ term, small for gestational age.
During fetal life, the ductus arteriosus - ANSWER✅ diverts blood flow from the pulmonary
artery to the descending aorta.
, AWHONN NEONATAL MODULES EXAM
Expected findings in a neonate born to a mother who received magnesium sulfate in labor
include - ANSWER✅ hypotonia.
A deformation is a(n) - ANSWER✅ abnormality caused by unusual mechanical forces on
normal tissue.
A low birth weight infant's temperature increases during skin-to-skin care. This is an
example of heat transfer by - ANSWER✅ conduction.
Eye prophylaxis with a single-use dose of sterile ophthalmic ointment containing 1%
tetracycline or 0.5% erythromycin is usually administered within the first few hours of birth
to prevent an eye infection caused by - ANSWER✅ gonorrhea.
Following a birth complicated by shoulder dystocia, the neonate should be assessed for -
ANSWER✅ Erb's palsy.
Preeclampsia may result in all of the following fetal conditions - ANSWER✅ growth
restriction, hypoxia/neurological injury, prematurity.
Hyperthermia is defined as an axillary temperature greater than 99.5ºF (37.5ºC). The MOST
common cause of hyperthermia in the newborn is - ANSWER✅ environmental.
, AWHONN NEONATAL MODULES EXAM
Polycythemia in the immediate newborn period is often associated with - ANSWER✅ infant
of a diabetic mother.
Symptoms of mild perinatal asphyxia include - ANSWER✅ hyperalert state and jitteriness.
The condition in which the newborn's immature hypothalamus does not regulate peripheral
blood vessels, resulting in a vasoconstriction on one side of the body with a vasodilation on
the opposite side of the body is called - ANSWER✅ harlequin phenomena.
The following conditions may all lead to metabolic acidosis - ANSWER✅ loss of
HCO3/excess acid load d/t prematurity, renal tubular necrosis, severe diarrhea, hypoxia,
hypoperfusion, inborn errors of metabolism, caloric deprivation, intolerance of cow's milk
protein.
The full newborn cardiovascular assessment includes auscultation, inspection, and palpation.
The point of maximum impulse is usually palpable and can be auscultated in the -
ANSWER✅ third to fourth intercostal space and left of the midclavicular line.
The neonate born to a mother with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus should be evaluated for -
ANSWER✅ congenital malformations.
You are the nurse caring for a 38 weeks gestation, female infant, who was born one hour
ago in the parking lot of the emergency room. On admission to the nursery, the neonate's
rectal temperature was 95ºF (35ºC). You recognize that cold stress may predispose the
infant to - ANSWER✅ increased oxygen consumption and hypoxia.
, AWHONN NEONATAL MODULES EXAM
A full term neonate who presents at six hours of age with increasingly labile oxygenation
that appears disproportionate to the pulmonary disease should be evaluated for -
ANSWER✅ pulmonary hypertension of the newborn.
The development of pneumonia in chronically ventilated infants is most commonly associated
with which of the following organisms? - ANSWER✅ Ureaplasma urealyticum
Antenatal steroids enhance lung maturation by - ANSWER✅ increasing the number of type
II pneumocytes in the lung.
Mean airway pressure is defined as the - ANSWER✅ pressure transmitted to the lung
throughout the respiratory cycle.
Many infants with the diagnosis of persistent pulmonary hypertension (PPHN) will have
pharmacologic support. Identify the medication that is a direct-acting vasodilator and acts
by relaxing pulmonary vessel musculature. - ANSWER✅ Nitric oxide
The following arterial blood gas results: pH 7.28, PaO2 74, PaCO2 55, HCO3- 21 and base
deficit -4 indicate - ANSWER✅ respiratory acidosis.
Nastassia is a one-hour-old neonate, born at 39 weeks gestation by primary cesarean birth
for fetal bradycardia. She was hypotonic at birth with gasping respirations and a heart rate
of 80. She was provided bulb suctioning and bag mask ventilation and recovered by five
minutes of life. On admission to the NICU, her temperature was 36° C. After admission to the
AWHONN Neonatal Modules Exam Updated 2025 (A+
Graded 100% Verified Answers)
Neonates at risk of hypoglycemia should have their glucose levels evaluated within 2 hours
of life because - ANSWER✅ blood glucose levels reach their lowest point within one to two
hours after delivery.
In the immediate newborn transition period, the ability to maintain functional residual lung
capacity is most dependent upon - ANSWER✅ an adequate amount of alveolar surfactant.
At the onset of labor the release of catecholamines stimulates - ANSWER✅ increased
absorption of lung fluid.
An edematous, bruised lesion on the right anterior scalp where the vacuum was applied. This
lesion has clearly demarcated edges, is firm to touch, and does not cross the suture line.
This is best described as a - ANSWER✅ cephalohematoma.
An infant born at 40 5/7 weeks gestation and weighed 5 lbs 2oz (2,360 grams). In
completing a gestational age assessment on this infant, you would identify her as -
ANSWER✅ term, small for gestational age.
During fetal life, the ductus arteriosus - ANSWER✅ diverts blood flow from the pulmonary
artery to the descending aorta.
, AWHONN NEONATAL MODULES EXAM
Expected findings in a neonate born to a mother who received magnesium sulfate in labor
include - ANSWER✅ hypotonia.
A deformation is a(n) - ANSWER✅ abnormality caused by unusual mechanical forces on
normal tissue.
A low birth weight infant's temperature increases during skin-to-skin care. This is an
example of heat transfer by - ANSWER✅ conduction.
Eye prophylaxis with a single-use dose of sterile ophthalmic ointment containing 1%
tetracycline or 0.5% erythromycin is usually administered within the first few hours of birth
to prevent an eye infection caused by - ANSWER✅ gonorrhea.
Following a birth complicated by shoulder dystocia, the neonate should be assessed for -
ANSWER✅ Erb's palsy.
Preeclampsia may result in all of the following fetal conditions - ANSWER✅ growth
restriction, hypoxia/neurological injury, prematurity.
Hyperthermia is defined as an axillary temperature greater than 99.5ºF (37.5ºC). The MOST
common cause of hyperthermia in the newborn is - ANSWER✅ environmental.
, AWHONN NEONATAL MODULES EXAM
Polycythemia in the immediate newborn period is often associated with - ANSWER✅ infant
of a diabetic mother.
Symptoms of mild perinatal asphyxia include - ANSWER✅ hyperalert state and jitteriness.
The condition in which the newborn's immature hypothalamus does not regulate peripheral
blood vessels, resulting in a vasoconstriction on one side of the body with a vasodilation on
the opposite side of the body is called - ANSWER✅ harlequin phenomena.
The following conditions may all lead to metabolic acidosis - ANSWER✅ loss of
HCO3/excess acid load d/t prematurity, renal tubular necrosis, severe diarrhea, hypoxia,
hypoperfusion, inborn errors of metabolism, caloric deprivation, intolerance of cow's milk
protein.
The full newborn cardiovascular assessment includes auscultation, inspection, and palpation.
The point of maximum impulse is usually palpable and can be auscultated in the -
ANSWER✅ third to fourth intercostal space and left of the midclavicular line.
The neonate born to a mother with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus should be evaluated for -
ANSWER✅ congenital malformations.
You are the nurse caring for a 38 weeks gestation, female infant, who was born one hour
ago in the parking lot of the emergency room. On admission to the nursery, the neonate's
rectal temperature was 95ºF (35ºC). You recognize that cold stress may predispose the
infant to - ANSWER✅ increased oxygen consumption and hypoxia.
, AWHONN NEONATAL MODULES EXAM
A full term neonate who presents at six hours of age with increasingly labile oxygenation
that appears disproportionate to the pulmonary disease should be evaluated for -
ANSWER✅ pulmonary hypertension of the newborn.
The development of pneumonia in chronically ventilated infants is most commonly associated
with which of the following organisms? - ANSWER✅ Ureaplasma urealyticum
Antenatal steroids enhance lung maturation by - ANSWER✅ increasing the number of type
II pneumocytes in the lung.
Mean airway pressure is defined as the - ANSWER✅ pressure transmitted to the lung
throughout the respiratory cycle.
Many infants with the diagnosis of persistent pulmonary hypertension (PPHN) will have
pharmacologic support. Identify the medication that is a direct-acting vasodilator and acts
by relaxing pulmonary vessel musculature. - ANSWER✅ Nitric oxide
The following arterial blood gas results: pH 7.28, PaO2 74, PaCO2 55, HCO3- 21 and base
deficit -4 indicate - ANSWER✅ respiratory acidosis.
Nastassia is a one-hour-old neonate, born at 39 weeks gestation by primary cesarean birth
for fetal bradycardia. She was hypotonic at birth with gasping respirations and a heart rate
of 80. She was provided bulb suctioning and bag mask ventilation and recovered by five
minutes of life. On admission to the NICU, her temperature was 36° C. After admission to the
