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Newborn Care: Vital Signs, Screening, Medications, and Safety Measures
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What is the method of taking a newborn temperature? What is the reason for this? What are the normal vitals for a newborn? What is newborn supplemental screening, when, and why is it done? What medications are given to an infant at birth, and why? Who is most qualified to five the APGAR scores? Why? When does a newborn require a glucose check? What are the criteria and the symptoms? What is a jaundiced baby, and what appropriate interventions are done? Relate at least one myth related to the treatment for jaundice. What is the importance of checking a newborn’s identity before giving the baby to its mother? How is this procedure done? What other security measures are in place to keep the infant safe? What is the hearing screening test? What are normal lab values in the newborn for CBC, bilirubin, glucose, direct and indirect coombs? Describe a simple test that assists in determining congenital heart defects. What are some things that it is important to teach parents regarding the infant prior to discharge? What is the significance of heat loss in the newborn? What is meant by skin-to-skin [S2S] care, and when is it done? Name the two most important principles of bathing a newborn. What needle size is used to administer injections to a newborn? Where are the injections given? Why is a Ballard assessment tool more useful in the NICU than the regular nursery? References:
Leeuwen, A. M., & Bladh, M. L. (2019). Davis’s Comprehensive Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests with Nursing Implications (9th ed.). FA Davis • Sanoski, C. H., & Vallerand, A. H. (2019). Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses (17th ed.). Philadelphiluva, PA: F A Davis Company.
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