Homework answers / question archive / 1) Describe the care of the newborn’s cord

1) Describe the care of the newborn’s cord

Management

Share With

---

1) Describe the care of the newborn’s cord. How would you review bottle-feeding with the mother? Compare the nutritional value and composition of human milk and formula preparations in relation to the nutritional needs of the newborn. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of breastfeeding and formula-feeding in determining the nursing care of both mother/family and newborn.

2) Describe the nurse’s role in the care of the newborn before, during, and after circumcision. Explain how the common concerns of families can be included in parent teaching during daily newborn and infant care and discharge planning. How would you explain the technique to suction the newborn with a bulb syringe? How would you review measures to promote the safety of the newborn from abduction?

3) How would you respond? Summarize the essential information to be obtained about the prenatal period and a newborn’s birth experience and immediate postnatal period. Explain how the physiologic and behavioral responses of the newborn during the first 4 hours after birth (admission and transitional period) determine the newborn’s nursing care.

4) Did you plan on getting pregnant? How do you feel about being pregnant? Why do you want this baby? What do you think it will be like to take care of a baby? How do you think your life will be different after you have your baby? How do you feel this baby will affect your job, career, school, and personal goals? How will the baby affect your relationship with your partner?

5) What advice might you suggest to cope with urinary frequency? What teaching would be important relating to exercise in pregnancy?  What symptoms related to exercise should Jean report to her physician? Use information provided on a prenatal history to identify risk factors for the mother and/or fetus. Define common obstetric terminology found in the history of maternity patients.

6) Contrast the various types of pregnancy tests. Examine the emotional and psychologic changes that commonly occur in a woman, her partner, and her family during pregnancy when providing nursing care. Discuss cultural factors that may influence a family’s response to pregnancy in the provision of nursing care. What advice would you suggest to cope with the nausea of pregnancy?

7) Were you encouraged to be mobile during labor or to do what you wanted to do (walking, sitting in a rocking chair, sitting in a whirlpool bath, standing in a shower, and so on)? If not, were there reasonable circumstances that prevented you from doing so? l Were you encouraged to be actively involved in your plan of care and kept well informed of progress or proposed changes?

8) Are you familiar with fill in complementary or alternative forms of health care that may be used currently? How will this practice impact my plan of care? l What type of insurance plans do you accept? Do you care for women on public assistance, such as Medicaid? Are payment options available for out-of-pocket expenses or if self-pay arrangements are needed?

9) What are your feelings about fill in special desires for the birth event: different positions assumed during labor, episiotomy, induction of labor, other people present during the birth, breastfeeding immediately after the birth, no separation of infant and parents following birth, and so on? l If a cesarean birth is necessary, could my partner be present?

10) What steps can they take to prepare themselves for this wonderful occasion? How do they approach their new roles as parents? Who is in practice with you, or who covers for you when you are unavailable? l How do your partners’ philosophies compare with yours? l How do you feel about my partner, other support person, or other children coming to the prenatal visits?

11) Describe interventions that can be implemented by the childbirth educator to decrease pregnant women’s anxiety. Compare methods of childbirth preparation and the nursing interventions for each. Examine ways in which the nurse conveys respect for patient individuality in preparing for childbirth. Where will the birth be? Who do they wish to be present?

12) Explore with Marie natural family planning. How would you explain this to her? Briefly explain why the basal body temperature (BBT) method can predict ovulation. How would you describe to Marie the procedure for obtaining BBT? After figuring out her menstruation cycle, to avoid conception when would you tell Marie to abstain from unprotected intercourse?

13) Compare prenatal and postnatal diagnostic procedures used to determine the presence of genetic disorders and the nursing considerations for each. Examine the emotional impact on a couple undergoing genetic testing or coping with the birth of a baby with a genetic disorder. Explain the nurse’s role in supporting the family undergoing genetic counseling.

14) Relate the implications of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) for future fertility to its pathology, signs and symptoms, treatment, and nursing care. Compare the cause and implications of an abnormal finding during a pelvic examination in the provision of nursing care. Contrast the causes, signs and symptoms, treatment options, and nursing care for women with cystitis versus pyelonephritis.

15) Contrast the contributing factors, signs and symptoms, treatment options, and nursing care management of women with common benign breast disorders. Explain the signs and symptoms, medical therapy, and implications for fertility of endometriosis. Identify the risk factors, treatment options, and nursing interventions for a woman with toxic shock syndrome.

16) What steps would you take to reduce Joy’s anxiety relating to the pelvic exam? What position is best to relax Joy’s abdominal muscles for the pelvic exam? What precaution should be taken when obtaining a Pap smear? Explain the purpose of the Pap smear. What factors do you include in a discussion of the type of birth control that Joy could practice?

17) Compare the vulnerable periods during which malformations of the various organ systems may occur, resulting in congenital malformations. How would you respond to Frances’s concern? Frances asks you if her baby is formed. How would you discuss the three stages of development? Frances asks when her baby is most vulnerable for abnormal growth or structure. How would you answer?

18) Based on your knowledge of menstruation, how would you describe Sally’s menstrual cycle? What is your primary goal in discussing Sally’s menstrual cycle with her? What information would you give Sally relating to her menstrual cycle? What important request does Sally have? Sally expresses problems dealing with the cramping she experiences with the first 2 days of her menses.

19) How can you, as the nurse, take steps to achieve cultural competence? How would you, as the nurse, be able to address some of the disparities that can exist when this patient comes to the clinic? What are some examples of common food preferences in the Latino American culture? Identify the structures and functions of the female reproductive system.

20) What type of healthcare provider is most appropriate for the patient? l Does the patient have beliefs or traditions that may affect the plan of care? . According to the national standards for culturally and linguistically appropriate services in health care set by the government, what are examples of important standards of care that you, as the nurse, can provide in the care of this adolescent?