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16 Cards in this Set
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Prophylaxis against __ __ __ (hemorrhagic disease of the newborn) and __ __ is necessary shortly after birth. It is provided by an injection of __ and use of __ __ ointment.
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vitamin k–deficiency bleeding - ophthalmia neonatorum - vitamin K - erythromycin ophthalmic
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Newborns may need help in clearing the airway. __, __, & __ __ may be necessary.
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Positioning, suction, and close observation
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Nurses can prevent heat loss in newborns by keeping them __ and __, avoiding contact between newborns and __ objects or __, and keeping newborns away from __ and outside __ and __.
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dry - covered - cold - surfaces - drafts - windows - walls
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The nurse must identify __ or __ hypoglycemia and intervene appropriately.
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actual or potential
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Important interventions for jaundice are to assess for its __, to ensure the infant is feeding well, and to explain the condition to the parents.
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occurrence
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Parents should be taught to place infants supine for sleep to prevent __. Infants should have supervised periods of lying __ while awake each day.
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SIDS - prone
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The nurse must prevent mistaken identification of infants by checking the __ & __ identification bands whenever they have been separated.
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mother’s and infant’s
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Parents and nurses must work together to prevent infant __. Parents must know how to identify hospital __. Nurses should be alert for __ behavior.
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abductions - staff - suspicious
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Infection can best be prevented by scrupulous __ by staff and all who come in contact with __.
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handwashing - newborns
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Reasons parents may choose circumcision are to prevent certain __, for __ reasons, parental __, or lack of knowledge about care of the __.
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conditions - religious - preference - foreskin
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Parents reject circumcision because of belief that uncommon conditions do not necessitate __ and pain in infants and concerns about the complications that can occur.
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surgery
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Risks of circumcision include __, __, unsatisfactory __ effect, urethral stenosis or __, adhesions, necrosis, injury to the __, and __ during and after surgery.
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hemorrhage - infection - cosmetic - fistulas - glans - pain
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Infants who are circumcised should have pain relief provided. __ __ nerve block along with __ methods of pain relief such as oral __ are often used.
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Dorsal penile - nonpharmacologic - sucrose
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Parents with uncircumcised sons should be taught not to __ the __ until it becomes separate from the __ later in childhood. Parents of circumcised infants should be taught signs of __ and how to care for the area.
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retract - foreskin - glans - complications
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Every nursing contact with parents should be used as an opportunity to __.
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teach
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Screening tests are commonly performed to rule out __ abnormalities, phenyl__, hypo__, galacto__, and hemo__.
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hearing - phenylketonuria - hypothyroidism - galactosemia - hemoglobinopathies
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