Nursing Care of newborn Newborn Priorities o Initiating

Nursing Care of newborn Newborn Priorities o Initiating an maintaining respirations

Newborn Priorities o Extra uterine circulation o Fluid and electrolyte balance

Newborn Priorities Temperature Radiant heat sources Incubators Kangaroo care

Newborn Priorities o Nutritional intake o Waste elimination o Infection prevention

Altered Gestational Age/Birth Weight Classifications o Term o Preterm o Post term o AGA o SGA o LGA

Altered Gestational Age/Birth Weight o Small for gestational age Causes Assessment Whitney on Oct 11, 2000 at 25. 5 weeks gestational age weighing one pound ten ounces - just 737 grams.

Altered Gestational Age/Birth Weight o Large for gestational age A woman in Brazil gave birth in January of 2005 to a boy that doctors nicknamed "giant baby. " The infant weighed 17 pounds, about the average size of a six-month-old. He was delivered by Caesarean section.

Altered Gestational Age/Birth Weight o Preterm infant o Incidence o Causes o Assessment o History o Appearance o Laboratory findings

Altered Gestational Age/Birth Weight o The Preterm infant Potential complications Anemia Kernicterus Persistent patent Periventricular/intraventricular hemorrhage

Altered Gestational Age/Birth Weight The Preterm infant issues o Temperature o Nutrition o Feeding schedule o Gavage feeding o Formula o Breast milk

Altered Gestational Age/Birth Weight Post o o o term infant Post term syndrome Dry cracked skin Absence of vernix

POST TERM

Illness in the Newborn o Respiratory distress syndrome Pathophysiology Assessment Therapeutic management Surfactant replacement Oxygen administration Ventilation

Illness in the Newborn o Transient Tachypnea of Newborn (TTN) o Meconium Aspiration Syndrome (MAS)

Illness in the Newborn o Hyperbilirubinemia

Maternal Infections Maternal infection o Beta-hemolytic, group B strep o Generalized herpes virus o Infant of a diabetic mother o Infant with fetal alcohol syndrome

Gastrointestinal System anomalies o Ankylogossia o Cleft lip and palate A. Notch in vermilion border B. Unilateral cleft lip and cleft palate C. Bilateral cleft lip and cleft palate. D. Cleft palate

Gastrointestinal System anomalies o Tracheoesophageal atresia and fistula

Nervous System Disorders o o o o Neural tube disorders Anencephaly Microcephaly Spina bifida occulta Meningocele Myelomeningocele Encephalocele