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CURRENTLY TESTING COMPLETE EXAM
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A preterm neonate who required resuscitation at birth is
admitted to the neonatal intensive care nursery in stable
condition. Care of this infant should include
a. a chest x-ray to rule out pneumothorax
b. insertion of urinary catheter to monitor output
c. oral feeding to prevent hypoglycemia - ....ANSWER...a.
a chest x-ray to rule out pneumothorax
A preterm infant of a diabetic mother has experienced
several seizures. The initial action that needs to be taken
with this neonate is to
a. assess for metabolic imbalances
b. obtain ultrasound
,c. perform lumbar puncture - ....ANSWER...a. assess for
metabolic imbalances
Diagnosis of hypertelorism or hypotelorism is primarily
based on the measurement represented by point
a. A
b. B
c. C - ....ANSWER...A
Preterm infants should receive the influenza vaccine at
a. 3 months of age
b. 6 months of age
c. 12 months of age - ....ANSWER...b. 6 months of age
Phototherapy is contraindicated with the following
condition
a. breast milk jaundice
b. congenital erythropoietic porphyria
c. hemophilla - ....ANSWER...congenital erythropoietic
porphyria
,A woman on methadone wants to breastfeed. She should
be advised that
a. supervised methadone use is considered safe
b. the baby should be weaned gradually to avoid
withdrawal
c. transfer of methadone via breast milk precludes
breastfeeding - ....ANSWER...a. supervised methadone
use is considered safe
What are the protein requirements for term infants?
a. 1-2 g/kg/d
b. 2-2.5 g/kg/d
c. 3-4 g/kg/d - ....ANSWER...2-2.5 g/kg/d
Criteria for successful weaning from an incubator to an
open crib include that the infant
a. has at least three days of consistent weight gain
b. is medically stable
c. weighs at least 1200 gm - ....ANSWER...b. is medically
stable
, A chest x-ray of a neonate shows low lung volumes and a
fine reticulogranular pattern of air density. This is
consistent with
a. immature lungs
b. meconium aspiration
c. neonatal pneumonitis - ....ANSWER...a. immature
lungs
A preterm neonate who has been in the neonatal intensive
care unit for several months has just been weaned from a
ventilator. The parents live several hundred miles away
and have not been able to visit the unit on a regular basis.
The mother picks up the infant, and the infant starts
squirming and recoils from the mother's touch. The nurse
should counsel the mother that these behaviors reflect
a. a lack of bonding between mother and child
b. detachment due to multiple care givers
c. the infant's association of touch with pain -
....ANSWER...the infant's association of touch with pain
A neonate is oliguric. A 10-20 mL/kg body weight test dose
of isotonic solution is given IV over 1 hour. If the problem
is prerenal, the urine output should