EST BANK FOR INTRODUCTORY MATERNITY &
PEDIATRIC NURSING 5TH EDITION BY NANCY
HATFIELD & CYNTHIA KINCHELOE | ISBN: 978-
1496349315 | VERIFIED 2025
◉ Respiratory Adaptation. Answer: Newborn fills his lungs with air,
absorbs remaining fluid in the lungs, and begins oxygen exchange.
◉ Cardiovascular Adaptation. Answer: Fetal shunts (foramen ovale,
ductus arteriosus, and ductus venosus) close and travels to the lungs
for gas exchange
◉ Thermoregulatory Adaptation. Answer: Prone to heat loss
Cannot produce heat through muscle movement and shivering
Heat lost through convection, conduction, evaporation, and radiation
Newborn conserves heat by maintaining flexed position
Newborn produces heat by metabolizing brown fat
, ◉ Metabolic Adaptation. Answer: Hypoglycemia is blood glucose
less than 50mg/dL
May or may not demonstrate symptoms
Jitteriness
Listlessness
Irritability
Low temperature
Weak cry
◉ Hepatic Adaptation. Answer: Immature liver unable to handle
breakdown of RBCs and jaundice appears
Not all blood coagulation factors are present
◉ Immature liver unable to handle breakdown of RBCs and jaundice
appears. Answer: Physiologic (normal) jaundice appears after 24
hours of age
PEDIATRIC NURSING 5TH EDITION BY NANCY
HATFIELD & CYNTHIA KINCHELOE | ISBN: 978-
1496349315 | VERIFIED 2025
◉ Respiratory Adaptation. Answer: Newborn fills his lungs with air,
absorbs remaining fluid in the lungs, and begins oxygen exchange.
◉ Cardiovascular Adaptation. Answer: Fetal shunts (foramen ovale,
ductus arteriosus, and ductus venosus) close and travels to the lungs
for gas exchange
◉ Thermoregulatory Adaptation. Answer: Prone to heat loss
Cannot produce heat through muscle movement and shivering
Heat lost through convection, conduction, evaporation, and radiation
Newborn conserves heat by maintaining flexed position
Newborn produces heat by metabolizing brown fat
, ◉ Metabolic Adaptation. Answer: Hypoglycemia is blood glucose
less than 50mg/dL
May or may not demonstrate symptoms
Jitteriness
Listlessness
Irritability
Low temperature
Weak cry
◉ Hepatic Adaptation. Answer: Immature liver unable to handle
breakdown of RBCs and jaundice appears
Not all blood coagulation factors are present
◉ Immature liver unable to handle breakdown of RBCs and jaundice
appears. Answer: Physiologic (normal) jaundice appears after 24
hours of age
