Pre-Lecture Quiz
Essentials of Maternity, Newborn, and Women's Health Nursing
Chapter 18: Nursing Management of the Newborn
True/False
1. An Apgar score of 8 or better is a normal finding for a newborn.
2. An extremely-low-birthweight newborn weighs less than 2,500 grams.
3. Immediately after birth, a newborn’s mouth is suctioned first, then the nose.
4. Acrocyanosis is normal and occurs intermittently in a newborn.
5. A newborn’s chest circumference is usually 1 to 2 cm larger than the head
circumference.
Fill-in-the-Blank
1. The abdomen of a newborn typically appears _________ without appearing distended.
2. Nevus vasculosus is also called a ____________ hemangioma.
3. The _______ fontanel is triangular.
4. The ______ reflex is also called the embrace reflex.
5. ________________ is the thick, tarry, sticky, dark green stool passed within the first
48 hours after birth.