A nurse is assessing a client who is 4 hr postpartum following a vaginal delivery. Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as the priority?

A nurse is teaching a newborn's parent to care for the umbilical cord stump. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?

A nurse is caring for a newborn 8 hours of age

Which of the following assessment findings require follow-up by the nurse?

Click to highlight the statements in the assessment findings that require follow-up by the nurse.

Axillary temperature 36.1°C (97°F)

Heart rate 160/min

Respiratory rate 78/min

Newborn is sleeping in their birth parent's arms. Awakens with stimulation. Yellow discoloration noted of sclera and oral mucosal Lung sounds clear bilaterally. Nasal flaring present. Fontanel level and soft with large ecchymotic caput succedaneum noted. Blood-tinged mucus noted at the vaginal opening. Has voided and stooled one time since birth. Uric acid crystals observed in the urine. Breastfed x 1 in the past 6 hr for 10 min

A nurse is assessing a client who is in active labor and notes that the presenting part is at 0 station. Which of the following is the correct interpretation of this clinical finding?

A nurse is planning care for a newborn who has spinal bifida. Which of the following actions should be included in the plan of care?

A nurse is admitting a client who is at 30 weeks of gestation and is in preterm labor.

The client has a new prescription for betamethasone and asks the nurse about the purpose of this medication. The nurse should provide which of the following explanations? 

1. A nurse is caring for a newborn who is 30 min old.

Nurses' Notes

1030:

Newborn placed on the birth parent's abdomen immediately following birth. Mouth and nose suctioned with bulb syringe. Dried and stimulated. Strong cry noted. Moving all extremities. Flexed tone noted. Acrocyanosis present.

1100:

Newborn is alert and active. Respirations rapid and shallow with occasional expiratory grunting, Fine crackles auscultated throughout lung fields. Small amount of green-stained vernix present in skin folds. Fingernails stained green. Molding of skull and generalized soft occipital swelling noted. Vital Signs

1030:

Axillary temperature 36.9° C (98.4° F)

Heart rate 170/min Respiratory rate 72/min

1100:

Birth weight 4,025 gm (8 lb 14 oz) (Appropriate for Gestational Age) Axillary temperature 36.7° C (97.8° F)

Heart rate 162/min Respiratory rate 80/min

After reviewing the information in the newborn's medical record, which of the following complications should the nurse identify as posing the greatest risk? The condition that poses the

greatest risk to the newborn is meconium aspiration syndrome due to color of amniotic fluid.

Condition meconium aspiration syndrome meconium ileus

cold stress hypoglycemia jaundice Finding color of amniotic fluid birth weight acrocyanosis gestational age

Apgar scores

1. 16. A nurse is caring for a newborn who is 4 hr old.

   Nurses' Notes

   Large ecchymotic caput succedaneum noted on occiput with molding of the skull. Anterior fontanel level and soft.
   Newborn's respirations are shallow and irregular.

   Newborn's skin color is consistent with their genetic background. Acrocyanosis noted. The newborn is active and moves all extremities except for left arm. Left arm remains at side during Moro reflex. Bilateral gluteal folds equal. Base of spine closed.
   Breastfed vigorously for 30 min.

   Drag 1 condition and 1 client finding to fill in each blank in the following sentence.
   
   The newborn most likely has as evidenced by Condition a clavicle fracture neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) a subgaleal hemorrhage a congenital cardiac defect

A nurse is caring for a client who is pregnant.

Medical History 1100:

Gravida 4 Para 3

32 weeks of gestation BMI 32
History of two newborns weighing over 4.5 kg (10 lb) Family history of type one diabetes mellitus (maternal) Fetal heart tones 140/min via doppler
Which of the following provider prescriptions should the nurse plan to implement? Select the 3 actions the nurse should plan to take.

A nurse is caring for a client who is 7 days postpartum and calls the clinic to report pain and redness of her left calf. Besides seeing her provider, which of the following interventions should the nurse suggest?

A nurse is caring for an infant who is receiving phototherapy. Which of the following findings requires intervention by the nurse?