MOTHER BABY EXAM 4 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A nurse is caring for a newborn who was born at 38 weeks of gestation, weighs 3,200 g,
and is in the 60th percentile for weight. Based on the weight and gestational age, the
nurse should classify this neonate as which of the following?
A. Low birth weight
B. Appropriate for gestational age
C. Small for gestational age
D. Large for gestational age - answers - b.
(btw 10th and 90th)
A nurse is completing a newborn assessment and observes small white nodules on the
roof of the newborn's mouth. This finding is a characteristic of which of the following
conditions?
A. Mongolian spots
B. Milia spots
C. Erythema toxicum
D. Epstein's pearls - answers - d.
(b = white bumps on nose, c = rash)
A nurse is teaching a newly licensed nurse how to bathe a newborn and observes a
bluish marking across the newborn's lower back. The nurse should include which of the
following information in the teaching?
A. "this is frequently seen in newborns who have dark skin"
B. "this is a finding indicating hyperbilirubinemia"
C. "this is a forceps mark from an operative delivery"
D. "this is related to prolonged birth or trauma during delivery" - answers - a.
A nurse is preparing to administer prophylactic eye ointment to a newborn to prevent
ophthalmia neonatorum. Which of the following medications should the nurse anticipate
administering?
, A. Ofloxacin
B. Nystatin
C. Erythromycin
D. Ceftriaxone - answers - c.
A newborn was not dried completely after birth. Which of the following mechanisms
would the nurse understand causes heat loss?
A. Conduction
B. Convection
C. Evaporation
D. Radiation - answers - c.
A nurse is caring for a newborn immediately following birth. Which of the following
nursing interventions is the highest priority?
A. Initiating breastfeeding
B. Performing the initial bath
C. Giving a vitamin k injection
D. Covering the newborn's head with a cap - answers - d.
A nurse is preparing to administer a vitamin k injection to a newborn. Which of the
following responses should the nurse make to the newborn's mother reading why this
medication is given?
A. "it assists with blood clotting"
B. "it promotes maturation of the bowel"
C. "it is a preventative vaccine"
D. "it provides immunity" - answers - a.
A nurse is assessing the reflexes of a newborn. In checking for the moro reflex, the
nurse. Should perform which of the following?
A nurse is caring for a newborn who was born at 38 weeks of gestation, weighs 3,200 g,
and is in the 60th percentile for weight. Based on the weight and gestational age, the
nurse should classify this neonate as which of the following?
A. Low birth weight
B. Appropriate for gestational age
C. Small for gestational age
D. Large for gestational age - answers - b.
(btw 10th and 90th)
A nurse is completing a newborn assessment and observes small white nodules on the
roof of the newborn's mouth. This finding is a characteristic of which of the following
conditions?
A. Mongolian spots
B. Milia spots
C. Erythema toxicum
D. Epstein's pearls - answers - d.
(b = white bumps on nose, c = rash)
A nurse is teaching a newly licensed nurse how to bathe a newborn and observes a
bluish marking across the newborn's lower back. The nurse should include which of the
following information in the teaching?
A. "this is frequently seen in newborns who have dark skin"
B. "this is a finding indicating hyperbilirubinemia"
C. "this is a forceps mark from an operative delivery"
D. "this is related to prolonged birth or trauma during delivery" - answers - a.
A nurse is preparing to administer prophylactic eye ointment to a newborn to prevent
ophthalmia neonatorum. Which of the following medications should the nurse anticipate
administering?
, A. Ofloxacin
B. Nystatin
C. Erythromycin
D. Ceftriaxone - answers - c.
A newborn was not dried completely after birth. Which of the following mechanisms
would the nurse understand causes heat loss?
A. Conduction
B. Convection
C. Evaporation
D. Radiation - answers - c.
A nurse is caring for a newborn immediately following birth. Which of the following
nursing interventions is the highest priority?
A. Initiating breastfeeding
B. Performing the initial bath
C. Giving a vitamin k injection
D. Covering the newborn's head with a cap - answers - d.
A nurse is preparing to administer a vitamin k injection to a newborn. Which of the
following responses should the nurse make to the newborn's mother reading why this
medication is given?
A. "it assists with blood clotting"
B. "it promotes maturation of the bowel"
C. "it is a preventative vaccine"
D. "it provides immunity" - answers - a.
A nurse is assessing the reflexes of a newborn. In checking for the moro reflex, the
nurse. Should perform which of the following?
