Newborn Assessment
What are normal newborn vital signs? - Answer-Respirations: 30 (if sleeping) to 60 breaths per minute
HR: 110- 160 BPM
What if the fontanels on the babies head are sunken? Bulging? - Answer-Sunken - dehydration
Bulging - Head compression
Caput - Answer-In a newborn, edema that does cross the suture line or swelling due to labor process is
called:
Cephalohematoma - Answer-A collection of blood under the scalp (specifically between the periosteum
and the cranium, therefore a cephalohematoma does not cross suture lines) of a newborn usually
located over the parietal bone. Risk factors include large neonatal birth weight, forceps delivery and
mother's first pregnancy.
Why would caput occur? - Answer-...
Why would a cephalohematoma occur? - Answer-...
What are normal newborn vital signs? - Answer-Respirations: 30 (if sleeping) to 60 breaths per minute
HR: 110- 160 BPM
What if the fontanels on the babies head are sunken? Bulging? - Answer-Sunken - dehydration
Bulging - Head compression
Caput - Answer-In a newborn, edema that does cross the suture line or swelling due to labor process is
called:
Cephalohematoma - Answer-A collection of blood under the scalp (specifically between the periosteum
and the cranium, therefore a cephalohematoma does not cross suture lines) of a newborn usually
located over the parietal bone. Risk factors include large neonatal birth weight, forceps delivery and
mother's first pregnancy.
Why would caput occur? - Answer-...
Why would a cephalohematoma occur? - Answer-...
