The nurse completing a gestational exam using the Ballard assessment tool understands that this assesses which two maturity components?

A nurse is planning care for a preterm newborn. Which of the following nursing interventions to promote development should be included in the plan of care?

A nurse completes a newborn assessment on a 6-hour-old newborn. She notices cyanotic hands and feet. Which action is the nurse's priority?

The nurse knows that cardiopulmonary adaptation in the neonate involves five major changes; which includes the closure of which fetal cardiac structures?

The nurse is assessing a term newborn and finds a rash of firm pustules with a red base on the face and trunk. Based on the assessment findings, the nurse determines this about the rash:

A nurse is caring for a newborn delivered by vaginal birth. The newborn's mother asks about the swollen area on her son's head. After palpation to identify that the swelling does not cross the suture line, which of the following is an appropriate response by the nurse?

A nurse is completing a home visit to a mother who is 3 days postpartum and breastfeeding her newborn. The mother expresses concern about the amount of weight the newborn has lost since birth. Which of the following is a response the nurse should make?

A nurse is assessing a newborn who was born at 42.5 weeks of gestation. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?

A nurse in the newborn nursery is caring for a group of newborns. Which of the following newborns requires immediate intervention?

Complete the following sentence by using the list of options

There are two main hormones that have a significant role in lactation.

The nurse is caring for a 1-day postpartum client that is breastfeeding a healthy full-term newborn. The client requests a bottle of formula and verbalizes that she does "not have any milk". What is the most appropriate response?