1. A pre-term newborn is to be fed breast milk through nasogastric tube. The nurse recognizes that breast milk is preferred to formula because it?

2. A baby is born with erythroblastosis fetalis. Which of the following signs/symptoms would the nurse expect to see?

3. A newborn suspected of having Down syndrome is held in the nursery for observation. For what acute health problems should a nurse observe? Select all that apply.

4. Four babies with the following conditions are in the well-baby nursery. The baby with which of the conditions is high risk for physiological jaundice?

5. The nurse is caring for a newborn who has just been diagnosed with hypospadias. After discussing the defect with the parents, the nurse should expect that?

6. A nursing student is performing an initial newborn assessment. The newborn is observed to have a caput succedaneum. What are likely causes of this condition? Select all that apply.

7. A client delivers a 7-pound, 4-ounce neonate at 38 weeks gestation. What observations, if found on initial assessment, should a nurse report to a physician? Select all that apply.

8. Which of the following neonates is at highest risk for cold stress syndrome?

9. The nurse admitting a preterm newborn to the nursery should assess the newborn for which of the following?

10. A nurse assessing the newborn of a diabetic mother understands that hypoglycemia is related to?

11. The nurse is assessing a newborn on admission to the newborn nursery. Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the neonatalogist?

12. The nurse is assessing the reflexes of a newborn. The nurse assesses which of the following reflexes by placing a finger in the newborn’s mouth?

13. A nurse notes that a 6-hour-old neonate has cyanotic hands and feet. Which of the following actions by the nurse is appropriate?

14. A full-term newborn was just born. Which nursing intervention is important for the nurse to perform first?

15. The nursing history for a newborn suspected of having pyloric stenosis would MOST likely reveal?

16. A nursing student is preparing to administer an injection of vitamin K, 1 mg IM, to a newborn. The student asks a nurse, “Where should I give the injection?” Which is the most accurate response by the nurse?

17. Which assessment finding should a nurse most expect in a newborn infant with a cyanotic heart defect?