MATERNITY AND PEDIATRIC NURSING EXAM
SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
◉ infant mortality rate. Answer: The percentage of children who die
before their first birthday within a particular area or country.
◉ neonatal mortality rate. Answer: The death rate among newborns
in the first 28 days of life. (month)
◉ Morbidity. Answer: Refers to ill health in an individual and the
levels of ill health in a population or group.
◉ Perinatalogy. Answer: branch of medicine concerned with fetus
after twenty-five weeks of development and with the newborn for
the first weeks after birth
◉ Perinatal mortality. Answer: Number of deaths from 20 weeks'
gestation to one month of life per 1000 total births
◉ adjustment to extrauterine life. Answer: Respirations are
stimulated by chilling and by chemical changes within the blood.
,Sensory and physical stimuli also appear to play a role in respiratory
function.
The first breath opens the alveoli and air exchange start to happen.
This process also initiates cardiopulmonary interdependence.
The newborn's ability to metabolize food is hampered by the
immaturity of the digestive system, particularly because of
deficiencies in enzymes from the pancreas and liver.
Because of decreased rate of glomerular flow and renal tubular
reabsorption, the kidney is unable to produce urine at a moderate
rate. After birth kidneys start to function.
◉ phase 3: care of the newborn. Answer: From 2 to 12 hours
(usually in postpartum unit if rooming-in with the mother)
◉ head lag. Answer: when the infant is lifted from the bed, the head
will fall back, because newborn cannot maintain neutral position of
the head.
If head lag after age 6 months indicates a need for follow up care.
◉ Reflexes that the full-term infant are:. Answer: blinking, sneezing,
gagging, sucking, and grasping. These help the newborn stay alive.
They can also cry, swallow, and lift their heads slightly when laying
on their abdomen.
,◉ Grasp reflex. Answer: grasps objects placed in the hand. By age 3
months it should be a voluntary grasp.
◉ Moro reflex. Answer: Infant reflex where a baby will startle in
response to a loud sound or sudden movement. Its absence may
indicate abnormalities of the nervous system.
baby is startled and hands are thrown in the air with fingers wide
apart and with thumb and following finger making a C shape.
When only one hand opens up and fingers are cramped, it could
mean that f/u is needed.
◉ rooting reflex. Answer: a baby's tendency, when touched on the
cheek, to turn toward the touch, open the mouth, and search for the
nipple
◉ Tonic neck reflex. Answer: turning the head to one side, extending
the arm and leg on that side, and flexing the limbs on the opposite
side (fencing position)
This reflex disappears by age 7 months of life.
◉ Dancing or stepping reflex. Answer: prancing movements of the
legs, seen when an infant is held upright on the examining table.
It disappears in about 5 to 7 months as the central nervous system
matures.
, ◉ molding. Answer: Shaping of the fetal head during movement
through the birth canal.
◉ normal head circumference at birth is. Answer: 33-35 cm (12.5 to
14.1 inches)
◉ caput succedaneum. Answer: diffuse edema of the fetal scalp that
crosses the suture lines. reabsorbes within 1 to 3 days
◉ cephalohematoma. Answer: bleed that does NOT cross suture
lines.
Swelling caused by bleeding between the osteum and periosteum of
the skull. This swelling does not cross suture lines.
◉ Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR). Answer: measurable
responses in the brainstem to a series of acoustic stimuli
◉ Otoacoustic Emissions (OAEs). Answer: spontaneous or evoked
sound waves produced within the ear by the cochlea and escape
from the ear
◉ sensory overload. Answer: reception of multiple sensory stimuli.
Example is, Bright lights in delivery room and many voices.
SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
◉ infant mortality rate. Answer: The percentage of children who die
before their first birthday within a particular area or country.
◉ neonatal mortality rate. Answer: The death rate among newborns
in the first 28 days of life. (month)
◉ Morbidity. Answer: Refers to ill health in an individual and the
levels of ill health in a population or group.
◉ Perinatalogy. Answer: branch of medicine concerned with fetus
after twenty-five weeks of development and with the newborn for
the first weeks after birth
◉ Perinatal mortality. Answer: Number of deaths from 20 weeks'
gestation to one month of life per 1000 total births
◉ adjustment to extrauterine life. Answer: Respirations are
stimulated by chilling and by chemical changes within the blood.
,Sensory and physical stimuli also appear to play a role in respiratory
function.
The first breath opens the alveoli and air exchange start to happen.
This process also initiates cardiopulmonary interdependence.
The newborn's ability to metabolize food is hampered by the
immaturity of the digestive system, particularly because of
deficiencies in enzymes from the pancreas and liver.
Because of decreased rate of glomerular flow and renal tubular
reabsorption, the kidney is unable to produce urine at a moderate
rate. After birth kidneys start to function.
◉ phase 3: care of the newborn. Answer: From 2 to 12 hours
(usually in postpartum unit if rooming-in with the mother)
◉ head lag. Answer: when the infant is lifted from the bed, the head
will fall back, because newborn cannot maintain neutral position of
the head.
If head lag after age 6 months indicates a need for follow up care.
◉ Reflexes that the full-term infant are:. Answer: blinking, sneezing,
gagging, sucking, and grasping. These help the newborn stay alive.
They can also cry, swallow, and lift their heads slightly when laying
on their abdomen.
,◉ Grasp reflex. Answer: grasps objects placed in the hand. By age 3
months it should be a voluntary grasp.
◉ Moro reflex. Answer: Infant reflex where a baby will startle in
response to a loud sound or sudden movement. Its absence may
indicate abnormalities of the nervous system.
baby is startled and hands are thrown in the air with fingers wide
apart and with thumb and following finger making a C shape.
When only one hand opens up and fingers are cramped, it could
mean that f/u is needed.
◉ rooting reflex. Answer: a baby's tendency, when touched on the
cheek, to turn toward the touch, open the mouth, and search for the
nipple
◉ Tonic neck reflex. Answer: turning the head to one side, extending
the arm and leg on that side, and flexing the limbs on the opposite
side (fencing position)
This reflex disappears by age 7 months of life.
◉ Dancing or stepping reflex. Answer: prancing movements of the
legs, seen when an infant is held upright on the examining table.
It disappears in about 5 to 7 months as the central nervous system
matures.
, ◉ molding. Answer: Shaping of the fetal head during movement
through the birth canal.
◉ normal head circumference at birth is. Answer: 33-35 cm (12.5 to
14.1 inches)
◉ caput succedaneum. Answer: diffuse edema of the fetal scalp that
crosses the suture lines. reabsorbes within 1 to 3 days
◉ cephalohematoma. Answer: bleed that does NOT cross suture
lines.
Swelling caused by bleeding between the osteum and periosteum of
the skull. This swelling does not cross suture lines.
◉ Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR). Answer: measurable
responses in the brainstem to a series of acoustic stimuli
◉ Otoacoustic Emissions (OAEs). Answer: spontaneous or evoked
sound waves produced within the ear by the cochlea and escape
from the ear
◉ sensory overload. Answer: reception of multiple sensory stimuli.
Example is, Bright lights in delivery room and many voices.
