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1 Nursing Care of newborn Newborn Priorities
Initiating an maintaining respirations

2 Newborn Priorities Extra uterine circulation
Fluid and electrolyte balance

3 Newborn Priorities Temperature Radiant heat sources Incubators
Kangaroo care

4 Newborn Priorities Nutritional intake Waste elimination
Infection prevention

5 Altered Gestational Age/Birth Weight
Classifications Term Preterm Post term AGA SGA LGA

6 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.

7 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.

8 Altered Gestational Age/Birth Weight
Preterm infant Incidence Causes Assessment History Appearance Laboratory findings

9 Altered Gestational Age/Birth Weight
The Preterm infant Potential complications Anemia Kernicterus Persistent patent Periventricular/intraventricular hemorrhage

10 Altered Gestational Age/Birth Weight
The Preterm infant issues Temperature Nutrition Feeding schedule Gavage feeding Formula Breast milk

11 Altered Gestational Age/Birth Weight
Post term infant Post term syndrome Dry cracked skin Absence of vernix

12 POST TERM

13 Illness in the Newborn Respiratory distress syndrome Pathophysiology
Assessment Therapeutic management Surfactant replacement Oxygen administration Ventilation

14 Illness in the Newborn Transient Tachypnea of Newborn (TTN)
Meconium Aspiration Syndrome (MAS)

15 Illness in the Newborn Hyperbilirubinemia

16 Maternal Infections Maternal infection Beta-hemolytic, group B strep
Generalized herpes virus Infant of a diabetic mother Infant with fetal alcohol syndrome

17 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

18 Gastrointestinal System anomalies
Tracheoesophageal atresia and fistula

19 Nervous System Disorders
Neural tube disorders Anencephaly Microcephaly Spina bifida occulta Meningocele Myelomeningocele Encephalocele


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