AWHONN NEONATAL TEST BANK
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
ALREADY GRADED A+
●● What are common predictors for identifying high-risk infants?
Answer: Prenatal and intrapartum risk factors.
●● What is the significance of birth weight in newborns?
Answer: Birth weight is a major danger signal; low birth weight
indicates higher risk.
●● What does an Apgar score of 0-3 indicate?
Answer: Immediate resuscitation is needed.
●● What are the emotional challenges families face with high-risk
infants?
Answer: Feelings of apprehension, guilt, failure, and grief.
●● What is anticipatory grieving in the context of high-risk newborns?
Answer: A coping task where parents prepare for potential loss or
complications.
, ●● What is the primary cause of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in
preterm infants?
Answer: Immature lungs and inadequate surfactant production.
●● What are the four grades of intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH)?
Answer: Grade I: confined to original bleed location; Grade II: extends
to ventricles; Grade III: increases ventricle size; Grade IV: bleeding into
brain tissue.
●● What is necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)?
Answer: Bowel inflammation that can lead to perforation, often due to
asphyxial insults.
●● What does FGR stand for and what does it indicate?
Answer: Fetal Growth Restriction; indicates the fetus has failed to grow
adequately.
●● What are the characteristics of post-term infants?
Answer: Born after 42 weeks, may have meconium in utero, dry skin,
and potential complications from placental insufficiency.
●● What is the primary prevention method for high-risk newborns?
Answer: Early and adequate prenatal care.
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
ALREADY GRADED A+
●● What are common predictors for identifying high-risk infants?
Answer: Prenatal and intrapartum risk factors.
●● What is the significance of birth weight in newborns?
Answer: Birth weight is a major danger signal; low birth weight
indicates higher risk.
●● What does an Apgar score of 0-3 indicate?
Answer: Immediate resuscitation is needed.
●● What are the emotional challenges families face with high-risk
infants?
Answer: Feelings of apprehension, guilt, failure, and grief.
●● What is anticipatory grieving in the context of high-risk newborns?
Answer: A coping task where parents prepare for potential loss or
complications.
, ●● What is the primary cause of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in
preterm infants?
Answer: Immature lungs and inadequate surfactant production.
●● What are the four grades of intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH)?
Answer: Grade I: confined to original bleed location; Grade II: extends
to ventricles; Grade III: increases ventricle size; Grade IV: bleeding into
brain tissue.
●● What is necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)?
Answer: Bowel inflammation that can lead to perforation, often due to
asphyxial insults.
●● What does FGR stand for and what does it indicate?
Answer: Fetal Growth Restriction; indicates the fetus has failed to grow
adequately.
●● What are the characteristics of post-term infants?
Answer: Born after 42 weeks, may have meconium in utero, dry skin,
and potential complications from placental insufficiency.
●● What is the primary prevention method for high-risk newborns?
Answer: Early and adequate prenatal care.
