Hondros NUR 166 Quiz and answers
Evaporation - ANS✅✅Liquid to vapor
Dry newborns quickly
Dry & cover head of newborn
Conduction - ANS✅✅Transfer of heat to a cooler surface
Pre-warm warmer & stethoscope before use
Place scale paper & warm blanket on other surfaces
Convection - ANS✅✅Loss of heat to the surrounding cooler air
Place crib away from windows & vents
Radiation - ANS✅✅Loss of heat to surrounding cold environment
Place crib away from cold walls
Wrap newborn warmly
Vital Signs - ANS✅✅RR- 30-60 bpm
HR- 110-160 bpm
T- 97.4-98.6
Hypoglycemia - ANS✅✅BG< 45 2 hrs after birth
S/S- jitteriness, poor muscle tone, respiratory difficulty, seizures, decreased temp, high pitch cry
Head Lag - ANS✅✅When the infant is lifted from the bed, the head will fall back, because
newborn cannot maintain neutral position of the head
Ear Lag - ANS✅✅Small skin tag on outside of the ear that is sometimes seen as a variation in
newborns
, Moro Reflex - ANS✅✅"Startled"
Infants draws up legs up & arms come out that comes toward midline
*Indicate abnormalities of nervous system
Rooting - ANS✅✅A reflex when touched on the cheek, the infant turns the head looking for food
Babinski - ANS✅✅Fanning and curling toes when foot is stroked
Plantar Grasp - ANS✅✅Object placed in the foot and infant will grasp tightly
Palmer Grasp - ANS✅✅Infants grip with the whole hand
Tonic Neck - ANS✅✅In response to head being turned baby stretches its arm on same side and
opposite arm bends up at the elbow
Cephalohematoma - ANS✅✅Blood bubble in the head
Collection of blood beneath the periosteum of cranial bone
It doesn't cross the suture
Due to injury of scalp during delivery
Frontanelles - ANS✅✅"Soft spots" on a babys' cranium
Anterior Frontanelle - ANS✅✅Diamond shaped fontanelle, closes by 12-18months
Posterior Frontanelle - ANS✅✅Triangular shaped fontanelle, closes at the end of 2nd month
Overriding Sutures - ANS✅✅Due to head compressions during passage through birth canal
APGAR Score - ANS✅✅Method of evaulating newborns
Signs-
Appearance (Color)
Evaporation - ANS✅✅Liquid to vapor
Dry newborns quickly
Dry & cover head of newborn
Conduction - ANS✅✅Transfer of heat to a cooler surface
Pre-warm warmer & stethoscope before use
Place scale paper & warm blanket on other surfaces
Convection - ANS✅✅Loss of heat to the surrounding cooler air
Place crib away from windows & vents
Radiation - ANS✅✅Loss of heat to surrounding cold environment
Place crib away from cold walls
Wrap newborn warmly
Vital Signs - ANS✅✅RR- 30-60 bpm
HR- 110-160 bpm
T- 97.4-98.6
Hypoglycemia - ANS✅✅BG< 45 2 hrs after birth
S/S- jitteriness, poor muscle tone, respiratory difficulty, seizures, decreased temp, high pitch cry
Head Lag - ANS✅✅When the infant is lifted from the bed, the head will fall back, because
newborn cannot maintain neutral position of the head
Ear Lag - ANS✅✅Small skin tag on outside of the ear that is sometimes seen as a variation in
newborns
, Moro Reflex - ANS✅✅"Startled"
Infants draws up legs up & arms come out that comes toward midline
*Indicate abnormalities of nervous system
Rooting - ANS✅✅A reflex when touched on the cheek, the infant turns the head looking for food
Babinski - ANS✅✅Fanning and curling toes when foot is stroked
Plantar Grasp - ANS✅✅Object placed in the foot and infant will grasp tightly
Palmer Grasp - ANS✅✅Infants grip with the whole hand
Tonic Neck - ANS✅✅In response to head being turned baby stretches its arm on same side and
opposite arm bends up at the elbow
Cephalohematoma - ANS✅✅Blood bubble in the head
Collection of blood beneath the periosteum of cranial bone
It doesn't cross the suture
Due to injury of scalp during delivery
Frontanelles - ANS✅✅"Soft spots" on a babys' cranium
Anterior Frontanelle - ANS✅✅Diamond shaped fontanelle, closes by 12-18months
Posterior Frontanelle - ANS✅✅Triangular shaped fontanelle, closes at the end of 2nd month
Overriding Sutures - ANS✅✅Due to head compressions during passage through birth canal
APGAR Score - ANS✅✅Method of evaulating newborns
Signs-
Appearance (Color)
