Reference no: EM133677736
Assignment:
1) The protection of newborns is the sole responsibility of staff working in Women's and Infant's Services.
a. True
b. False
2. Give 4 characteristics of a person most likely to abduct a newborn.
3. List 7 actions that's utilized to prevent abductions within the hospital?
4. Before giving a baby to a mother, the nursing staff member must check for matching bands between the newborn and the mother or the newborn and the other banded person (Dad or significant other). The newborn's bracelet identification number and information must exactly match the identification number and information on the mother's and/or other banded person's bracelet.
a. True
b. False
5. A student observes a client walking in the hallway with her newborn. What should be the student's response?
a. Notify the charge nurse
b. Continue to observe the mother's mobility as she is carrying her newborn
c. Inform the mother that the baby should not be carried in the hallway and direct the mother to her room
d. Assist the mother as she is walking with her newborn to prevent her from falling
6. If the fire alarm is activated on the maternity or nursery unit(s), what happens to the security doors, and what actions must nurses take to safeguard newborn security?
a. The doors remain locked. Nursing staff can act in accordance with fire safety rules. No other security measures are necessary.
b. The doors unlock automatically. A nursing staff member must stand at every entrance/exit to the unit to maintain security.
7. If a staff member does not properly identify a baby with the parents 100% of the time, the following could/will happen. (Circle all that apply).
a. Parents lose confidence in the hospital's ability to keep their baby safe.
b. A mother breastfeeds the wrong newborn.
c. Parents are discharged with someone else's baby.
d. A baby is given to a newborn abductor posing as a father.
e. The staff member involved is embarrassed, very sorry, and will be held responsible for not following policy.
Answer the following Questions:
- Explain the major physiological changes as the newborn transitions to extrauterine life.
- Describe the characteristics that predispose newborns to heat loss after birth.
- Distinguish primary immunoglobulins that help strengthen the newborn's immunologic system.
- Discuss the primary challenges faced by the newborn during the transition to extrauterine life.
- Differentiate the behavioral patterns that newborns progress through after birth.
- Identify assessments performed during the immediate newborn period.
- Discuss interventions that meet the immediate needs of the term newborn.
- Describe the components of a typical physical examination of a newborn.
- Discuss common concerns in the newborn and appropriate interventions.
- Compare the importance of newborn screening tests.
- Apply common interventions that are appropriate during the early newborn period.
- Analyze the nurse's role in meeting the newborn's nutritional needs.
- Discuss the discharge planning content and education needed for the family with a newborn.
- Investigate medications utilized or ordered for the newborn.
- Explain the physiologic changes that occur in women after childbirth.
- Describe the psychological adaptations occurring in the woman after childbirth.
- Identify the parameters that need to be assessed during the postpartum period.
- Compare bonding to the attachment process.
- Discuss factors that affect the attachment process.
- Explain the nursing management for the woman and her family during the postpartum period.
- Examine the role of the nurse in promoting successful breastfeeding and bottle-feeding.
- Investigate medications utilized or administered during the postpartum period.
- Analyze the risk factors, assessment, preventive measures, and nursing management of common postpartum complications.
- Compare at least two affective disorders that can occur in women after birth, describing specific therapeutic management for each.
- Examine common gynecologic concerns in terms of symptoms, diagnostic tests, and appropriate interventions.
- Evaluate risk factors and outline appropriate client education needed in common gynecologic disorders.
- Delineate the nursing management needed for women experiencing common gynecologic disorders.
- Analyze the physiologic and psychological aspects of menopausal transition.
- Characterize the major pelvic relaxation disorders in terms of etiology, management, and nursing interventions.
- Evaluate urinary incontinence in terms of pathology, clinical manifestations, treatment options, and effect on quality of life.
- Compare the various benign growths in terms of their symptoms and management.
- Analyze the emotional impact of polycystic ovary syndrome and the nurse's role as a counselor, educator, and advocate.