Chapter 22: The Normal Newborn: Nursing
Care McKinney: Evolve Resources for
Maternal-Child Nursing, 5th Edition
questions and answers 2025/2026
MULTIPLE RESPONSE
1. Nurses use many different nonpharmacologic methods of pain management. Examples of
nonpharmacologic pain management
techniques include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
a. Swaddling
b. Nonnutritive sucking (pacifier)
c. Skin-to-skin contact with the mother
d. Sucrose
e. Acetaminophen - Answer ANS: A, B, C, D
a. Swaddling
b. Nonnutritive sucking (pacifier)
c. Skin-to-skin contact with the mother
d. Sucrose
RATIONAL:
These interventions are all appropriate nonpharmacologic techniques used to manage pain in neonates.
Other interventions
include soothing music, dim lighting and speaking to the infant in a quiet voice. Acetaminophen is a
pharmacologic method of
treating pain.
2. The nurse should model and teach practices used to prevent sudden infant death syndrome. Which of
the following do these
include? (Select all that apply.)
a. Fully supine position for all sleep
, b. Side-sleeping position as an acceptable alternative
c. "Tummy time" for play
d. Placing the infant's crib in the parents' room
e. A soft mattress - Answer ANS: A, D
a. Fully supine position for all sleep
d. Placing the infant's crib in the parents' room
RATIONAL:
The back to sleep position is now recommended as the only position for every sleep period. Ideally the
infant's crib should be
placed in the parents' room. Side sleeping is not an acceptable alternative because of the possibility the
infant will roll to the
prone position. Tummy time helps develop muscles and reduces plagiocephaly. Mattresses in cribs
should be firm.
3. Auditory screening of all newborns within the first month of life is recommended by the American
Academy of Pediatrics.
Reasons for having this testing performed include (Select all that apply.)
a. To prevent or reduce developmental delay
b. Reassurance for concerned new parents
c. Early identification and treatment
d. To help the child communicate better
e. To achieve one of the Healthy People 2020 goals - Answer ANS: A, C, D, E
a. To prevent or reduce developmental delay
c. Early identification and treatment
d. To help the child communicate better
e. To achieve one of the Healthy People 2020 goals
RATIONAL:
Care McKinney: Evolve Resources for
Maternal-Child Nursing, 5th Edition
questions and answers 2025/2026
MULTIPLE RESPONSE
1. Nurses use many different nonpharmacologic methods of pain management. Examples of
nonpharmacologic pain management
techniques include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
a. Swaddling
b. Nonnutritive sucking (pacifier)
c. Skin-to-skin contact with the mother
d. Sucrose
e. Acetaminophen - Answer ANS: A, B, C, D
a. Swaddling
b. Nonnutritive sucking (pacifier)
c. Skin-to-skin contact with the mother
d. Sucrose
RATIONAL:
These interventions are all appropriate nonpharmacologic techniques used to manage pain in neonates.
Other interventions
include soothing music, dim lighting and speaking to the infant in a quiet voice. Acetaminophen is a
pharmacologic method of
treating pain.
2. The nurse should model and teach practices used to prevent sudden infant death syndrome. Which of
the following do these
include? (Select all that apply.)
a. Fully supine position for all sleep
, b. Side-sleeping position as an acceptable alternative
c. "Tummy time" for play
d. Placing the infant's crib in the parents' room
e. A soft mattress - Answer ANS: A, D
a. Fully supine position for all sleep
d. Placing the infant's crib in the parents' room
RATIONAL:
The back to sleep position is now recommended as the only position for every sleep period. Ideally the
infant's crib should be
placed in the parents' room. Side sleeping is not an acceptable alternative because of the possibility the
infant will roll to the
prone position. Tummy time helps develop muscles and reduces plagiocephaly. Mattresses in cribs
should be firm.
3. Auditory screening of all newborns within the first month of life is recommended by the American
Academy of Pediatrics.
Reasons for having this testing performed include (Select all that apply.)
a. To prevent or reduce developmental delay
b. Reassurance for concerned new parents
c. Early identification and treatment
d. To help the child communicate better
e. To achieve one of the Healthy People 2020 goals - Answer ANS: A, C, D, E
a. To prevent or reduce developmental delay
c. Early identification and treatment
d. To help the child communicate better
e. To achieve one of the Healthy People 2020 goals
RATIONAL:
