Neonatology UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is the difference between a newborn and a neonate? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A
newborn refers to an infant within the first few hours after birth, a neonate refers to an infant
within the first month after birth
Excessive amount of amniotic fluid - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- polyhydraminos
Decreased volume of amniotic fluid during pregnancy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
oligohydramnios
The process in which the fetal lung is collapsed and filled with fluid and most of the fetal
blood flow is diverted away from the lungs. As the baby is delivered, a rapid series of events
needs to occur to enable the baby to breathe - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- fetal transition
A preterm infant is an infant delivered before how many weeks gestation? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- 37
What weeks are considered term for an infant? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 38-42
After what week is an infant considered post-term? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 42
What are causes or delayed transition in newborns? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- hypoxia,
hypothermia, pneumonia, meconium or blood aspiration, acidosis, hypotension
What are key questions you need to ask when you are at the scene involving a pregnant
woman or a recent home birth? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- mother's age, length of
pregnancy, presence and frequency of contractions, presence or absence of fetal movement,
pregnancy complications, if the membranes have ruptured (timing and makeup of fluid), and
medications being taken
, What are the steps to improve fetal circulation? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Roll the mother
onto her side to take the weight off her uterus and great vessels, administer 100% oxygen by
mask
What equipment will you need at a MINIMUM for a home delivery? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- warm, dry blankets, a bulb syringe, two small clamps or ties, a pair of clean
scissors to cut the umbilical cord
What can happen if the umbilical cord comes out before the baby? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- The blood supply through the cord may be cut off
What should you do in cases of a prolapsed umbilical cord? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Check cord pulses and relieve pressure off the cord by gently moving the presenting part of
the body off the cord and pushing it back in, hold this position and transport
What condition is a prolapsed umbilical cord common with? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
polyhydramnios
What level should the baby be kept at after it is delivered? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- At
the level of the mother with the head slightly lower than the body while you clamp the cord in
two places and cut between
What size laryngoscope blades will you need for a newborn? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 0
and 1
A decrease in the amount of oxygen delivered to the extremities. The hands and feet turn blue
because of narrowing of small arterioles toward the end of the arms and legs - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- acrocyanosis
A clear, slightly yellowish liquid that surrounds the unborn baby during pregnancy; contained
in the amniotic sac - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- amniotic fluid
Scale used to assess newborn infant status 1 and 5 minutes after delivery - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- APGAR score
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is the difference between a newborn and a neonate? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A
newborn refers to an infant within the first few hours after birth, a neonate refers to an infant
within the first month after birth
Excessive amount of amniotic fluid - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- polyhydraminos
Decreased volume of amniotic fluid during pregnancy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
oligohydramnios
The process in which the fetal lung is collapsed and filled with fluid and most of the fetal
blood flow is diverted away from the lungs. As the baby is delivered, a rapid series of events
needs to occur to enable the baby to breathe - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- fetal transition
A preterm infant is an infant delivered before how many weeks gestation? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- 37
What weeks are considered term for an infant? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 38-42
After what week is an infant considered post-term? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 42
What are causes or delayed transition in newborns? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- hypoxia,
hypothermia, pneumonia, meconium or blood aspiration, acidosis, hypotension
What are key questions you need to ask when you are at the scene involving a pregnant
woman or a recent home birth? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- mother's age, length of
pregnancy, presence and frequency of contractions, presence or absence of fetal movement,
pregnancy complications, if the membranes have ruptured (timing and makeup of fluid), and
medications being taken
, What are the steps to improve fetal circulation? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Roll the mother
onto her side to take the weight off her uterus and great vessels, administer 100% oxygen by
mask
What equipment will you need at a MINIMUM for a home delivery? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- warm, dry blankets, a bulb syringe, two small clamps or ties, a pair of clean
scissors to cut the umbilical cord
What can happen if the umbilical cord comes out before the baby? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- The blood supply through the cord may be cut off
What should you do in cases of a prolapsed umbilical cord? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Check cord pulses and relieve pressure off the cord by gently moving the presenting part of
the body off the cord and pushing it back in, hold this position and transport
What condition is a prolapsed umbilical cord common with? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
polyhydramnios
What level should the baby be kept at after it is delivered? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- At
the level of the mother with the head slightly lower than the body while you clamp the cord in
two places and cut between
What size laryngoscope blades will you need for a newborn? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 0
and 1
A decrease in the amount of oxygen delivered to the extremities. The hands and feet turn blue
because of narrowing of small arterioles toward the end of the arms and legs - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- acrocyanosis
A clear, slightly yellowish liquid that surrounds the unborn baby during pregnancy; contained
in the amniotic sac - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- amniotic fluid
Scale used to assess newborn infant status 1 and 5 minutes after delivery - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- APGAR score
