Following delivery, a father asks the nurse about newborn screening tests. The nurse explains that the optimal time for screening test (Guthrie test), like for phenylketonuria, is which of the following?

A breastfeeding mother mentions to the nurse that she has heard that babies sleep better at night if they are given a small amount of rice cereal in the evening. Which of the following comments by the nurse is appropriate?

After a prolonged labor, a woman vaginally delivered a 10 pound, 2 ounce baby girl. In the immediate postpartum period, the nurse would be alert for the development of which complication?

To reduce the risk of hypoglycemia in a full-term newborn weighing 4,000 grams (8 pounds 8 ounces), what should the nurse do?

Following delivery, a father asks the nurse about newborn screening tests. The nurse explains that the optimal time for screening test (Guthrie test), like for phenylketonuria, is which of the following?

Where would the nurse expect to find the fundus in a non-nursing postpartum client who delivered two days?

To reduce the risk of hypoglycemia in a full-term newborn weighing 4,000 grams (8 pounds 8 ounces), what should the nurse do?

When the newborn’s crib was moved suddenly, the nurse noticed that his legs flexed and the arms fanned out, and then both came back toward the midline. The nurse would interpret this behavior as which of the following?

At 1 and 5 minutes of life, a newborn’s Apgar score is 9. The nurse understands that a score of 9 indicates which of the following in the newborn?

While inspecting a newborn’s head, the nurse identifies a swelling of the scalp that does not cross the suture line. How would the nurse document this finding?