Newborn

Question 1

What are the two medication options for the routine care of gonococcal and chlamydia?

Answer 1

• Erythromycin drops
  -or-
  -silver nitrate

Question 2

What is given to newborns to avoid hemorrhagic disease?

Answer 2

vitamin K

Question 3

What is a good APGAR score?

Answer 3

8-9

Question 4

A heart rate of below ___ is concerning for a newborn?

Answer 4

<100

Question 5

What is Acrocyanosis?

Answer 5

Bluish color of the newborns hands and feet, completely normal

Question 6

Children born in the <10th percentile, have IUGR, are considered what?

Answer 6

Small for gestational age (SGA)

Question 7

A newborn with a weight in the 90th percentile is considered what?

Answer 7

Large for gestational age (LGA)

Question 8

These are small red spots that appear 24-48H after birth and disappear by day 7 on newborns?

Answer 8

erythema toxicum

Question 9

_____ are tiny white pustules on the face of the newborn?

Answer 9

Milea

Question 10

This presents as slate blue patches on the newborns body

Answer 10

congenital dermal melanocytosis

Question 11

What does hyperbilirubinemia in a newborn present as?

Answer 11

jaundice

Question 12

What is the treatment for neonatal hyperbilirubinemia?

Answer 12

Phototherapy

Question 13

A newborn should have a bowel movement this many hours after birth?

Answer 13

48H

Question 14

What does the first “A” in APGAR stand for? What does a 2 point baby look like?

Answer 14

Appearance: skin color -
want them to be pink and perfused (2 points)

Question 15

What does the P in APGAR stand for, and what is a score of 2?

Answer 15

P- pulse
>100 is a 2 pointer or good score

Question 16

What does G in APGAR stand for? What is a 2 point G score?

Answer 16

Grimace- if child coughs, or sneezes at stimulus
reacts is 2 points
Grimace only is 1 point

Question 17

What does the second A in APGAR stand for and what is a 2 point reaction compared to a 0 point reaction?

Answer 17

Activity or flexing limbs
2 points is lots of movement and flexion
0 points is flaccid not moving

Question 18

What does the R in APGAR stand for? What is a score of 2 and a score of zero for this section?

Answer 18

Respiratory- is baby breathing/crying?
2 points is lots of crying
0 is no crying

Question 19

Are cafe-au-lait spots normal on newborns? What do they indicate

Answer 19

Abnormal
indicate neurofibromatosis: genetic disorders of nerve tissue

Question 20

White eye reflex in an infant indicates what?

Answer 20

retinoblastoma