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Which intervention helps prevent infection in the newborn?
a. Starting iron supplements
b. Checking birth weight
C. encouraging the mother to breastfeeed
d. administering vitamin K - ANSWERSC. encouraging the mother to breastfeeed
Which definitinon described tandem feeding?
a. Adequate nutritional stores for the mother and infant
b. using borth breasts to nurse the baby
c. breastfeeding an infant and an older sibiling during the dame period of time
d. supplmenting breastfeeding with bottle feed to maintain appropraite weight gain -
ANSWERSC
Which nursing intervention helps promoted early passage of meconium in the infant
a. encouraging the mother to feed the infant colostrum
b. administering vitamin K
c. providing kangaroo care to the infant immediately after birth
d. feeding unmodified cows milk to the infant immediately after birth - ANSWERSA
Which medication would the nurse expect to be ordered for a lactating client who
experiences cramps after breastfeeding
a. Ibuprofen
b. Fluoxetine
c. oxycodone
d. Hydrocodone - ANSWERSa. Ibuprofen
Which total weight gain is expected for the client with a singleton pregnancy during the
first trimester
a. 2-4kg
b. 0.9-1.8kg
c. 1.5-2.2 kg
d. 0.5-1kg - ANSWERSb. 0.9-1.8kg
Which situation would require the mother to seek help with breastfeeding
a. the breasts feel lighter and softer after
b. the mother is experiencing increased thirst and drowsiness
c. the infant is having difficulty latching onto the breast
d. uterine cramping increases while feeding the baby - ANSWERSC
, Which education would a healthcare provider give about the nutritional needs of a 2 day
old neonate
a. fluid intake should be 60-80 mL/kg per day
b. At least 95g of carbs is needed per day
c. a minimum of 8 g of protein is required in a day
d. around 25 g of fat is needed everyday - ANSWERSa
WHich BMI category is appropriate for the pregnany client whose prepregnant BMI was
23.5
a. obese
b. normal
c. overwieght
d. underweight - ANSWERSB
Which assessment finding would the nurse recognize as indicating a problem with
latching
a. the infants cheecks are round when sucking
b. the infants jaw gluides smoothly
c. mother reports pain in breast when feeding
d. mother reports that she hears infant swallowing audibly - ANSWERSC
Which reason explains the rationale for placing a full term infant on the postpartum
client's bare chest after delivery
a. to help initiate breastfeeding
b. to help the client recognize the infants hungar cues
c. To promote pulmonary development in the infant
d. To reduce the symptoms of anxiety and restlessness in the mother - ANSWERSA
Which complication my be prevented if clients use skin to skin contact with their
newborn infant
a. juandice
b. hypothermia
c. galactosemia
d. dehydration - ANSWERSB
Which mineral intake is restriced in a pregnant client with renal failure
a. zinc
b. iron
c. sodium
d. manganese - ANSWERSC
Which risk is associated with iron supplementation for the pregnant client
a. tetany
b. preclampsia
c. diabetes