INSTRUCTIONS: Answer the following exercises by marking the lettered response that best answers the exercise, by completing the incomplete statement, or by writing the answer in the space(s) provided.
After you have completed all of these exercises, scroll to the bottom of the page and check your answers. For each exercise answered incorrectly, reread the material referenced with the solution.
1. List the three characteristics of a SGA infant.
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2. The defining characteristics of a SGA infant specifies that they are small for their:
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3. ______________________ infants refers to those infants whose birth weight places them above the 90th percentile of normal for their gestational age.
4. The_____________________ and the ___________________________ are the two body systems that are most commonly affected by congenital anomalies in a SGA infant?
5. Age-related gestational conditions refers to the:
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6. List the three complications of jaundice:
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7. If an infant survives a severe case of intracranial hemorrhage, he will subjected to a higher risk of:
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8. The degree of withdrawal symptoms the infant of an addicted mother manifests may be possibly related to:
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9. A catheter passed through the nose is one method used to diagnose tracheoesophageal fistula and esophageal atresia. Other methods are:
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For exercises 10 through 17. Match the terms in Column A with the correct definition or statement as listed in Column B. Place the letter of the correct answer in the space provided to the left of Column A.
| COLUMN A____ 10. Esophageal atresia.
____ 11. Clubfoot. ____ 12. Down’s syndrome. ____ 13. Esophageal mobility dysfunction. ____ 14. Erythroblastosis fetalis symptom. ____ 15. RDS symptom. ____ 16. Exchange transfusion. ____ 17. Postmature infant. |
COLUMN Ba. Gestation period is 42 weeks or longer.
b. Frothy sputum. c. Treatment for Erythroblastosis fetalis. d. Marked hypotonia and floppiness. e. One of the most common disorders of the lower extremities. f. The esophagus fails to form a continuous passage from the pharynx to the stomach. g. Postoperative complication of tracheoesophageal fistula. h. Bile-stained umbilical cord. |
For exercises 18 through 26. The following exercises refer to nursing care considerations/procedures for the twelve problems of the neonate. Match the correct nursing care considerations procedures in Column A to the neonate problem in Column B. Place. your answer in the spaces provided to the left of Column A.
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____ 18. Access hematocrit. ____ 19. Feed frequently. ____ 20. Decrease environmental stimuli. ____ 21. Employ measures to prevent infection. ____ 22. Avoid stressful or stimulating or esophageal atresia. ____ 23. Monitor ABGs. ____ 24. Stress importance of prompt treatment to parents. ____ 25. Be alert and careful of infant’s feeding. ____ 26. Perform pulmonary physiotherapy. |
COLUMN B
a. LGA infant. b. Intracranial hemorrhage. c. Down’s syndrome. d. Clubfoot. e. Tracheoesophageal fistula procedures. f. Erythroblastosis fetalis. g. Respiratory Distress Syndrome h. Infant of addicted mother. i. SGA infant. j. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. |
Lesson 11: Self-Test Answers
1. The infant appears thin and wasted, skin is loose and dry.
There is little subcutaneous fat, the face appears shrunken and wrinkled.
The length and head size may be normal but the head looks comparison really big in comparison to the rest of the body. (para 11-2a)
2. Designated gestational age. (para 11-2a)
3. Large for gestational age. (para 11-2b)
4. Genitourinary system.
Cardiovascular system. (para 11-2a(3)(f))
5. Premature.
Postmature. (para 11-3a, b)
6. Kernicterus.
Nephrotoxic.
Hearing loss. (para 11-4c)
7. Permanent cerebral damage.
Hydrocephalus.
Mental and neurologic impairment.
Cerebral palsy. (para 11-5d)
8. Duration of mother’s habit.
Type and dosage requirements of her addiction.
Mother’s drug level immediately prior to delivery. (para 11-10b)
9. Chest x-ray.
Abdominal x-ray.
Cinefluorography. (para 11-6d)
10. f (para 11-6a(2))
11. e (para 11-12a)
12. d (para 11-7b(2))
13. g (para 11-6e(1)(b))
14. h (para 11-8b(6))
15. b (para 11-9c(6))
16. c (para 11-8c(2))
17. a (para 11-3b)
18. e (para 11-2a(4)(e))
19. j (para 11-11d(5))
20. h (para 11-10g(3))
21. a (para 11-2b(2)(c))
22. b (para 11-5c(2))
23. g (para 11-9e(1))
24. d (para 11-12d(2))
25. c (para 11-7g(1))
26. e (para 11-6f(1)(b))