NEWBORN ASSESSMENT AND CARE
EXAM QUESTIONS & VERIFIED
CORRECT ANSWERS 100%
Most critical and immediate physiological change to extrauterine life? - correct answer
✔✔Respiratory
___: common in neonates; persistent blue or cyanotic discoloration of the extremities, most
commonly occurring in the hands, although it also occurs in the feet and distal parts of face -
correct answer ✔✔Acrocyanosis
Thermoregulatory System
1. Neonate responses to temperature changes are ___ for the first few weeks
2. Heat loss is exaggerated by evaporation when ___ - correct answer ✔✔1. Delayed
2. Wet
Thermoregulatory System - Cold Stress
1. Metabolic rate ___
2. Muscle activity ___
3. Peripheral ___
4. Metabolism of ___ - correct answer ✔✔1. ↑ Increases
2. ↑ Increases
3. Vasoconstriction
4. Brown fat (dense and vascular adipose tissue in newborns)
, Thermoregulatory System - Cold Stress
1. ___ need for oxygen
2. Decreased production of ___
3. Increases risk for: (give multiple answers) - correct answer ✔✔1. ↑ Increased
2. Surfactant
3. Respiratory distress, hypoglycemia, metabolic acidosis, jaundice; may cause return to fetal
circulatory pathways
Risk factors for ___
-Prematurity
-Small for gestational age
-Hypoglycemia
-Prolonged resuscitation
-Sepsis
-Neurological, endocrine, cardiorespiratory problems - correct answer ✔✔Cold stress
Signs and symptoms of ___
Axillary temp 36.5° C (97.6° F); Skin cool
Lethary, Pallor
Tachypnea, Grunting
Hypoglycemia, Jitteriness
Weak suck - correct answer ✔✔Cold stress
EXAM QUESTIONS & VERIFIED
CORRECT ANSWERS 100%
Most critical and immediate physiological change to extrauterine life? - correct answer
✔✔Respiratory
___: common in neonates; persistent blue or cyanotic discoloration of the extremities, most
commonly occurring in the hands, although it also occurs in the feet and distal parts of face -
correct answer ✔✔Acrocyanosis
Thermoregulatory System
1. Neonate responses to temperature changes are ___ for the first few weeks
2. Heat loss is exaggerated by evaporation when ___ - correct answer ✔✔1. Delayed
2. Wet
Thermoregulatory System - Cold Stress
1. Metabolic rate ___
2. Muscle activity ___
3. Peripheral ___
4. Metabolism of ___ - correct answer ✔✔1. ↑ Increases
2. ↑ Increases
3. Vasoconstriction
4. Brown fat (dense and vascular adipose tissue in newborns)
, Thermoregulatory System - Cold Stress
1. ___ need for oxygen
2. Decreased production of ___
3. Increases risk for: (give multiple answers) - correct answer ✔✔1. ↑ Increased
2. Surfactant
3. Respiratory distress, hypoglycemia, metabolic acidosis, jaundice; may cause return to fetal
circulatory pathways
Risk factors for ___
-Prematurity
-Small for gestational age
-Hypoglycemia
-Prolonged resuscitation
-Sepsis
-Neurological, endocrine, cardiorespiratory problems - correct answer ✔✔Cold stress
Signs and symptoms of ___
Axillary temp 36.5° C (97.6° F); Skin cool
Lethary, Pallor
Tachypnea, Grunting
Hypoglycemia, Jitteriness
Weak suck - correct answer ✔✔Cold stress
