Exam 2: NSG432 / NSG 432 (Latest
Update 2025 / 2026) Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family | Review Questions with Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - GCU
Question:
what is an intervention if baby is not breathing upon birth
Answer:
rough stimulation
Question:
respiratory distress symptoms
Answer:
grunting nasal flaring retractions
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Question:
test for jaundice **
Answer:
Coombs test
Question:
how is jaundice caused
Answer:
don't need extra RBCs after birth, excreted in urine and stool as bilirubin. If this process doesn't work right, then bilirubin builds up causing jaundice
Question:
what patho processes cold stress **
Answer:
metabolizing brown fat
babies don't shiver
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Question:
if a baby is colder than usual and is losing heat through convection, what intervention can the nurse do **
Answer:
put a hat on
Question:
what happens in the body with cold stress
Answer:
increased O2 and RR metabolic acidosis
Question:
what could indicate renal abnormalities
Answer:
- artery and 1 vein
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Question:
s/s of GI issues
Answer:
too much amniotic fluid, baby not passing meconium in 12 hours
Question:
physiologic jaundice **
Answer:
after 24 hours doesn't normally require treatment
Question:
pathologic jaundice **
Answer:
within 24 hours treat with phototherapy or exchange infusion
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