Maternal & Child Nursing Care UPDATED Exam Questions And CORRECT Answers

Acrocyanosis (571) acro(-si″ah-no´sis) Bluish discoloration of the hands and feet; caused by poor peripheral circulation, which results in vasomotor instability and capillary stasis especially when baby is cold. Barlow's maneuver (583) Test designed to detect subluxation or dislocation of the hip. A dysplastic joint will be felt to be dislocated as the femur leaves the acetabulum. Caput succedaneum ( 575) A localized, easily identifiable, soft area of the scalp generally resulting in a long difficult labor or vacuum extraction- swelling or edema occurring in or under the fetal scalp during labor Cephalohemtoma (574) Subcutaneous swelling containing blood found on the head of an infant several after birth; it usually disappears with a few weeks to 2 months