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A nurse is performing a newborn assessment and notes the blood pressures in the upper extremities are higher than the lower extremities. The nurse should suspect which congenital newborn abnormality?

coarctation of the aorta

A newborn has not passed any stools in the first 24 hours after birth, and his abdomen is becoming distended. The nurse recognizes that which condition could explain such findings?

imperforate anus

The priority for the nurse caring of a newborn with esophageal atresia is to observe for which finding?

Aspiration

A newborn at 33 weeks' gestation has an Apgar score of 5 at 10 minutes of life. Which nursing action is a priority?

Begin resuscitation measures.

The parent reports that the health care provider said that the infant had a hernia but she can't remember which type. When recalling what the health care provider said, the parent said that a surgeon will repair it soon and there is no problem with the testes. Which hernia type is anticipated?

Inguinal hernia

A nurse is assigned to care for a newborn with hyperbilirubinemia. The newborn is relatively large in size and shows signs of listlessness. What most likely occurred?

The infant's mother probably had diabetes.

Congenital myelomeningocele is commonly associated with which condition?

hydrocephalus