Nursing Care of newborn Newborn Priorities Initiating an maintaining respirations
Newborn Priorities Extra uterine circulation Fluid and electrolyte balance
Newborn Priorities Temperature Radiant heat sources Incubators Kangaroo care
Newborn Priorities Nutritional intake Waste elimination Infection prevention
Altered Gestational Age/Birth Weight Classifications Term Preterm Post term AGA SGA LGA
Altered Gestational Age/Birth Weight Small for gestational age Causes Assessment Whitney on Oct 11, 2000 at 25.5 weeks gestational age weighing one pound ten ounces - just 737 grams.
Altered Gestational Age/Birth Weight Large for gestational age A woman in Brazil gave birth in January of 2005 to a boy that doctors nicknamed "giant baby." The infant weighed 17 pounds, about the average size of a six-month-old. He was delivered by Caesarean section.
Altered Gestational Age/Birth Weight Preterm infant Incidence Causes Assessment History Appearance Laboratory findings
Altered Gestational Age/Birth Weight The Preterm infant Potential complications Anemia Kernicterus Persistent patent Periventricular/intraventricular hemorrhage
Altered Gestational Age/Birth Weight The Preterm infant issues Temperature Nutrition Feeding schedule Gavage feeding Formula Breast milk
Altered Gestational Age/Birth Weight Post term infant Post term syndrome Dry cracked skin Absence of vernix
POST TERM
Illness in the Newborn Respiratory distress syndrome Pathophysiology Assessment Therapeutic management Surfactant replacement Oxygen administration Ventilation
Illness in the Newborn Transient Tachypnea of Newborn (TTN) Meconium Aspiration Syndrome (MAS)
Illness in the Newborn Hyperbilirubinemia
Maternal Infections Maternal infection Beta-hemolytic, group B strep Generalized herpes virus Infant of a diabetic mother Infant with fetal alcohol syndrome
Gastrointestinal System anomalies Ankylogossia Cleft lip and palate A. Notch in vermilion border B. Unilateral cleft lip and cleft palate C. Bilateral cleft lip and cleft palate D. Cleft palate
Gastrointestinal System anomalies Tracheoesophageal atresia and fistula
Nervous System Disorders Neural tube disorders Anencephaly Microcephaly Spina bifida occulta Meningocele Myelomeningocele Encephalocele