When the newborn’s crib was moved suddenly, the nurse noticed that his legs flexed and the arms fanned out, and then both came back toward the midline. The nurse would interpret this behavior as which of the following?

To reduce the risk of hypoglycemia in a full-term newborn weighing 4,000 grams (8 pounds 8 ounces), what should the nurse do?

Following delivery, a father asks the nurse about newborn screening tests. The nurse explains that the optimal time for screening test (Guthrie test), like for phenylketonuria, is which of the following?

While assessing the head of a healthy, full-term newborn, the nurse anticipates that the anterior fontanelle is which of the following?

Where would the nurse expect to find the fundus in a non-nursing postpartum client who delivered two days?

What is one scale the nurse can use to evaluate pain in a newborn or a preterm infant?

A baby has just been admitted into the neonatal nursery. Before taking the newborn’s vital signs, the nurse should warm his or her hands and the stethoscope to prevent heat loss resulting from which of the following?

A full-term newborn is just born. All the following interventions are important after delivery, but which nursing intervention is important for the nurse to perform first?

When the newborn’s crib was moved suddenly, the nurse noticed that his legs flexed and the arms fanned out, and then both came back toward the midline. The nurse would interpret this behavior as which of the following?

To reduce the risk of hypoglycemia in a full-term newborn weighing 4,000 grams (8 pounds 8 ounces), what should the nurse do?