Nursing 132. Fundamentals. Potter and Perry

I nurse is teaching the staff about development. Which information indicates the nurse needs to follow up?

Development proceeds at a slower rate during the embryonic stage. This is incorrect because from the moment of conception until birth, human development proceeds at a predictive at a rapid rate

A mother has delivered a healthy newborn what action is priority?

Encourage close physical contact as soon as possible after birth. This interaction encourages parent child attachment

A nurse teaches a new mother about the associated health risk to the infant. Which statement by the mother indicates a correct understanding of the teaching?

I need to remind friends who want to hold my baby to wash their hands Good handwashing technique is the most important factor in protecting the newborn from infection.

I nurse is assessing a newborn that was just born. Which newborn findings will calls the nurse to intervene immediately?

Lack of reflexes Assessment of reflexes is vital because the newborn depends largely on reflexes for survival and in response to its environment

And ashes working in the delivery room. Which action is priority immediately after birth

Open the airway

I nurse is comparing physical growth patterns between school age children and adolescents. What principle should the nurse consider

Secondary sex characteristics usually develop during the adolescent years

I nurse performs an assessment on a healthy newborn. Which assessment finding will the nurse document as normal?

Sporadic motor movements

The parent brings HHH out to the clinic for a 12 month well visit. The child weighs 6 lbs. 2 oz. and was 21 inches long at birth. Which founding causes the nurse to intervene?

Weight 16 pounds. Size increases rapidly during the first year of life. Birthweight doubles in approximately five months and triples by first year.