Exam 23: Physiologic and Behavioral Adaptations of the Newborn

A client is warm and asks for a fan in her room for her comfort.The nurse enters the room to assess the mother and her infant and finds the infant unwrapped in his crib with the fan blowing over him on "high." The nurse instructs the mother that the fan should not be directed toward the newborn and that the newborn should be wrapped in a blanket.The mother asks why.The nurse's best response is:

While examining a newborn,the nurse notes uneven skin folds on the buttocks and a clunk when performing the Ortolani maneuver.The nurse recognizes these findings as a sign that the newborn probably has:

One reason the brain is vulnerable to nutritional deficiencies and trauma in early infancy is the:

One reason hyperthermia develops more rapidly in the newborn than in the adult is that sweat glands have not formed yet.Is this statement true or false?

While assessing a newborn,a nurse should be aware that the average expected apical pulse range of a full-term,quiet,alert newborn is:

An African-American woman noticed some bruises on her newborn girl's buttocks.She asks the nurse who spanked her daughter.The nurse explains that these marks are called:

The nurse assessing a newborn knows that the most critical physiologic change required of the newborn is:

A first-time father is changing the diaper of his 1-day-old daughter.He asks the nurse,"What is this black,sticky stuff in her diaper?" The nurse's best response is:

What infant response to cool environmental conditions is either not effective or not available to them?