A client has given birth to a preterm neonate. The client tells the nurse that she still wants to breastfeed her neonate. The nurse should explain to the mother that:

A postpartum client expresses concern about the look of her baby’s first stool, which she describes as “dark and slimy.” Which is the best statement for the nurse to make for client education?

A nursery nurse wraps a neonate in a blanket and keeps the nursery temperature warm. Which type of heat loss is she trying to prevent in the neonate?

Which nursing intervention places a neonate at an increased risk for losing heat during the transition period?

A neonate is diagnosed with hemorrhagic disease. Which medication should have been given to the neonate as a preventive measure?

A client with gestational diabetes delivers a neonate. The nurse is aware that the neonate is at risk for developing which condition?

Which nursing intervention would be helpful for a neonate experiencing drug withdrawal?

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

The nurse is assessing a neonate with a suspected infection. Which finding would the nurse anticipate?

Two days after circumcision, a nurse notes a yellow-white exudate around the head of the neonate’s penis. What would be the most appropriate nursing intervention?

A client delivers a small-for-gestation neonate. The nurse is aware that this neonate is most at risk for developing which of the following?

The parents of a neonate admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit ask why the physician has ordered surfactant therapy. Which statement would be most accurate for parent education?

Erythromycin ointment is administered to a neonate’s eyes shortly after birth. The neonate’s mother asks the nurse why this is done. The best response by the nurse would be that the medication prevents which condition?

When a neonate is delivered with meconium staining in the amniotic fluid, which sequence of events will most effectively decrease the risk of meconium aspiration?

A client’s mother asks the nurse why her newborn grandson is getting an injection of vitamin K. Which statement best explains why this drug is given to neonates?

The nurse is performing a neurological assessment on a neonate and considers which sign as a normal finding?

Which circumstance of delivery would predispose a neonate to respiratory distress syndrome (RDS)?

When teaching parents of a neonate the proper position for the neonate’s sleep, a nurse stresses the importance of placing the neonate on his back to reduce the risk of which of the following?

The nurse is aware that preterm neonates who receive prolonged mechanical ventilation at birth are at risk for which condition?

A nurse is caring for a client with gestational diabetes. Which complication is the neonate most at risk of developing?

A neonate is born to a woman infected with hepatitis B. Which treatment should be administered to this neonate?

While assessing a 2-hour-old neonate, a nurse observes the neonate to have acrocyanosis. Which nursing action should be performed initially?

A neonate has been diagnosed with caput succedaneum. Which information should the nurse include while teaching the mother about caput succedaneum?

A 3-day-old neonate needs phototherapy for hyperbilirubinemia. What is a priority of care for a neonate receiving phototherapy?

A nurse is caring for four clients on an antepartum unit. Which client would be carrying a viable conceptus at the earliest stage?

The nurse is performing a neonatal assessment. What is the best indication of adequate hydration?

A client with group AB blood whose husband has group O blood has just given birth. Which signs would indicate ABO blood incompatibility in the neonate?

A nurse is explaining physiological hyperbilirubinemia to the parents of a neonate. Which statement made by one of the parents would demonstrate a correct understanding of the concept?

A neonate has just been delivered without incident. Which symptom would indicate successful adaptation to extrauterine life?

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