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?

At 1 and 5 minutes of life, a newborn’s Apgar score is 9. The nurse understands that a score of 9 indicates which of the following in the newborn?

A home health nurse notices that there are several stuffed animals in the crib where the baby is sleeping. Which of the following should the nurse do?

To protect newborns from infection while in the nursery, the nurse should plan to do which of the following?

While inspecting a newborn’s head, the nurse identifies a swelling of the scalp that does not cross the suture line. How would the nurse document this finding?

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?