born Nursing Exam 3| Questions and
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What is the best method to get blood from a newborn?
- Correct Answer - the heel stick method
What is the newborn ophthalmic ointment?
- Correct Answer - erythromycin
What nutrients are needed before conception and during pregnancy?
- Correct Answer - folic acid (it decreases the incidence of neural tube
defects-- spina Bifida)
What are the adolescent pregnancy needs?
- Correct Answer - -increased risk of anemia, IUGR
-monitor for appropriate weight gain, nutrition consultant
How to do the daily kick counts?
- Correct Answer - between 18-20 weeks gestation, have pt lay on left
side for at least 1 hour. We need to see at least 10 movements within 2
hours
-if no fetal movement is felt, we need to evaluate the mother with a non-
stress test
, What to do if a baby contracted herpes from the mother during delivery?
- Correct Answer - the baby will need to be isolated in the nursery
Signs and symptoms of herpes - Correct Answer - pain, itching, lesions,
raised white blisters, scabs in perineal area
What is something the mother can do to help control pain without
medications in labor? - Correct Answer - deep breathing
How to diagnose an epidural headache? - Correct Answer - if mom is
sitting up and nothing will take her headache away but when she lays
down she doesn't have a headache, that indicates an epidural headache
What are the signs and symptoms of mag sulfate toxicity? - Correct
Answer - decreasing deep tendon reflexes, respiratory depression,
visual changes, slurred speech, severe muscle weakness, cardiac arrest
During an ultrasound, at which weeks should the patient have an empty
bladder and a full bladder? - Correct Answer - -full bladder until 22
weeks, after that they should have an empty bladder during an
ultrasound
What is the treatment for postpartum depression? - Correct Answer - -
rest
-hormone therapy
-antidepressants
-psychotherapy
-acupuncture