1-A nurse in the newborn nursery is monitoring a preterm newborn infant for respiratory distress syndrome....

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1-A nurse in the newborn nursery is monitoring a pretermnewborn infant for respiratory distress syndrome. Which assessmentsigns if noted in the newborn infant would alert the nurse to thepossibility of this syndrome?
Select one:
a. Tachypnea and retractions
b. Hypotension and Bradycardia
c. Acrocyanosis and grunting
d. The presence of a barrel chest with grunting

2-Babies born at 24 weeks of gestation have a 39 % chance ofsurvival
Select one:
a. True
b. False

3-If an Rh-negative mother delivered an Rh-positive child,then what would happen to the mother?
Select one:
a. She would never be able to have children again.
b. She would need an immediate blood transfusion.
c. She would become sensitized to the Rh-positive antigen,unless she were treated with RhoGAM.
d. She would be diagnosed with erythroblastosis fetal

4-Conjugated bilirubin can be absorbed into brain tissuesleading to neurotoxicity and kernicterus
Select one:
a. False
b. Tru

5-Sepsis/Meningitis Signs and Symptoms in Neonatesinclude:
Select one:
a. all of the above
b. seizures
c. feeding intolerance
d. retractions

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Ans 1 tachypnea and retractions tachypnea is because of respiratory acidosis which stimulates respiratory centre in brain and retractions hecause the intercoastal muscles which are accessory muscles of respiration are used 2 true Yes the latest figures ahow that there See Answer

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