Newborn Nursing Care & Assessment NCLEX Quiz (50 Questions)

A client has just given birth at 42 weeks’ gestation. When assessing the neonate, which physical finding is expected?

After reviewing the client’s maternal history of magnesium sulfate during labor, which condition would the nurse anticipate as a potential problem in the neonate?

Neonates of mothers with diabetes are at risk for which complication following birth?

By keeping the nursery temperature warm and wrapping the neonate in blankets, the nurse is preventing which type of heat loss?

A neonate has been diagnosed with caput succedaneum. Which statement is correct about this condition?

The most common neonatal sepsis and meningitis infections seen within 24 hours after birth are caused by which organism?

When attempting to interact with a neonate experiencing drug withdrawal, which behavior would indicate that the neonate is willing to interact?

When teaching umbilical cord care to a new mother, the nurse would include which information?

A mother of a term neonate asks what the thick, white, cheesy coating is on his skin. Which correctly describes this finding?

Which condition or treatment best ensures lung maturity in an infant?

When performing nursing care for a neonate after birth, which intervention has the highest nursing priority?

When performing an assessment on a neonate, which assessment finding is most suggestive of hypothermia?

A healthy term neonate born by C-section was admitted to the transitional nursery 30 minutes ago and placed under a radiant warmer. The neonate has an axillary temperature of 97.6ºF, a respiratory rate of 80 breaths/minute, and a heel stick glucose value of 60 mg/dl. Which action should the nurse take?

Which neonatal behavior is most commonly associated with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)?

Which of the following behaviors would indicate that a client was bonding with her baby?

A newborn’s mother is alarmed to find small amounts of blood on her infant girl’s diaper. When the nurse checks the infant’s urine it is straw colored and has no offensive odor. Which explanation to the newborn’s mother is most appropriate?

An insulin-dependent diabetic delivered a 10-pound male. When the baby is brought to the nursery, the priority of care is to:

Soon after delivery, a neonate is admitted to the central nursery. The nursery nurse begins the initial assessment by:

The home health nurse visits the Cox family 2 weeks after hospital discharge. She observes that the umbilical cord has dried and fallen off. The area appears healed with no drainage or erythema present. The mother can be instructed to:

A neonate is admitted to a hospital’s central nursery. The neonate’s vital signs are: temperature = 96.5 degrees F., heart rate = 120 bpm, and respirations = 40/minute. The infant is pink with slight acrocyanosis. The priority nursing diagnosis for the neonate is:

The nurse hears the mother of a 5-pound neonate telling a friend on the telephone, “As soon as I get home, I’ll give him some cereal to get him to gain weight.” The nurse recognizes the need for further instruction about infant feeding and tells her:

The nurse instructs a primipara about safety considerations for the neonate. The nurse determines that the client does not understand the instructions when she says:

The nurse manager is presenting education to her staff to promote consistency in the interventions used with lactating mothers. She emphasizes that the optimum time to initiate lactation is:

The nurse is preparing to discharge a multipara 24 hours after a vaginal delivery. The client is breastfeeding her newborn. The nurse instructs the client that if engorgement occurs the client should: