LATEST NURSING CARE OF A
FAMILY
WITH A HIGH-RISK NEWBORN
SUMMARY 2025&2026
Your go-to hub for high-quality nursing
note,
summary and exam preps
Tutor Sammy
For mor e info: samuelwanjir u0 8 4 @ gmail.c om
, hemorrhage, Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Retinopathy of
NURSING CARE OF A prematurity, Necrotizing enterocolitis.
FAMILY WITH A HIGH-
RISK NEWBORN
Learning Outcomes
1 Define the following terms—small-for-gestational-age
infant, term infant, large-for- gestational-age infant,
preterm infant, and postterm infant—and describe
common illnesses that occur in these and other
highrisk newborns.
2 Use critical thinking to analyze the special crisis
imposed on families when alterations of newborn
development or neonatal illness occur to make
nursing family centered.
3 Integrate knowledge of the needs of a high-risk POSTTERM
newborn with nursing process to achieve quality It is a live born infant after 42 weeks AOG. The common
maternal and child health nursing care.
manifestations for this condition are dry, cracked & almost
leathery skin d/t lack of fluid, absence of vernix, less AF
Course Outline
possible with meconium-stained and long fingernails.
Newborn at Risk Because of Altered Gestational Age The complications that postterm infant may experience is
Preterm meconium aspiration, hypoglycemia, impaired
Postterm thermoregulation, polycythemia.
Newborn at Risk Because of Altered Birth Weight
SGA NEWBORN AT RISK BECAUSE OF ALTERED BIRTH
LGA WEIGHT
Illness in the Newborn
Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn Terms
Apnea
Respiratory Distress Syndrome AGA: Appropriate for Gestational Age
Meconium Aspiration Syndrome
SGA: Small for Gestational Age
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
ABO Incompatibility LGA: Large Gestational Age
Retinopathy of Prematurity
Ophthalmia Neonatorum Colorado/Lubchenco Intrauterine Growth Chart
NEWBORN AT RISK BECAUSE OF ALTERED
GESTATIONAL AGE
PRETERM
An infant born before end of 37 WOG.
The complications that contributes to having preterm is
anemia, kernicterus, Persistent Patent Ductus Arteriosus,
Periventricular/Intraventricular Hemorrhage, Intracranial
For mor e info: samuelwanjir u0 8 4 @ gmail.c om
FAMILY
WITH A HIGH-RISK NEWBORN
SUMMARY 2025&2026
Your go-to hub for high-quality nursing
note,
summary and exam preps
Tutor Sammy
For mor e info: samuelwanjir u0 8 4 @ gmail.c om
, hemorrhage, Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Retinopathy of
NURSING CARE OF A prematurity, Necrotizing enterocolitis.
FAMILY WITH A HIGH-
RISK NEWBORN
Learning Outcomes
1 Define the following terms—small-for-gestational-age
infant, term infant, large-for- gestational-age infant,
preterm infant, and postterm infant—and describe
common illnesses that occur in these and other
highrisk newborns.
2 Use critical thinking to analyze the special crisis
imposed on families when alterations of newborn
development or neonatal illness occur to make
nursing family centered.
3 Integrate knowledge of the needs of a high-risk POSTTERM
newborn with nursing process to achieve quality It is a live born infant after 42 weeks AOG. The common
maternal and child health nursing care.
manifestations for this condition are dry, cracked & almost
leathery skin d/t lack of fluid, absence of vernix, less AF
Course Outline
possible with meconium-stained and long fingernails.
Newborn at Risk Because of Altered Gestational Age The complications that postterm infant may experience is
Preterm meconium aspiration, hypoglycemia, impaired
Postterm thermoregulation, polycythemia.
Newborn at Risk Because of Altered Birth Weight
SGA NEWBORN AT RISK BECAUSE OF ALTERED BIRTH
LGA WEIGHT
Illness in the Newborn
Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn Terms
Apnea
Respiratory Distress Syndrome AGA: Appropriate for Gestational Age
Meconium Aspiration Syndrome
SGA: Small for Gestational Age
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
ABO Incompatibility LGA: Large Gestational Age
Retinopathy of Prematurity
Ophthalmia Neonatorum Colorado/Lubchenco Intrauterine Growth Chart
NEWBORN AT RISK BECAUSE OF ALTERED
GESTATIONAL AGE
PRETERM
An infant born before end of 37 WOG.
The complications that contributes to having preterm is
anemia, kernicterus, Persistent Patent Ductus Arteriosus,
Periventricular/Intraventricular Hemorrhage, Intracranial
For mor e info: samuelwanjir u0 8 4 @ gmail.c om
