Deck 22: Neonatal Assessment

Question 1

The first period of reactivity in an infant's transition from uterine to extra uterine life covers the initial __________.

A) 1 to 5 minutes after birth
B) 2 to 6 hours after birth
C) 6 to 8 hours after birth
D) 24 hours after birth

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following is used to determine gestational age in infants who are born prematurely or who are small or large for their apparent gestational age?

A) Apgar scores
B) New Ballard Scale
C) Newborn behavioral observation
D) Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT part of the assessment in Apgar scores?

A) Heart rate
B) Respirations
C) Muscle tone and reflexes
D) Hair color and length

Answer 3

D

Question 4

In addition to reflecting the conceptual content of the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale, the Newborn Behavioral Observation (NBO) procedure is a brief neurobehavioral assessment intended to examine a newborn's __________.

A) physiological, motor, state, and social capacities
B) habituation, motor performance, and autonomic stability
C) heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, reflex irritability, and color
D) reflexes, arousal level, homeostatic regulation, movement, and tone

Question 5

Which of the following is designed to assess 28 newborn behaviors, clustered in 7 areas?

A) Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (BNBAS)
B) Apgar scores
C) New Ballard Scale
D) Normal Vital Signs

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT considered a characteristic of newborn behavior?

A) In-born physiological mechanisms, such as reflexes, enhance survival.
B) Newborns cannot organize any of their behaviors in response to stimuli.
C) Newborns respond selectively to certain stimuli.
D) Newborns demonstrate contingency-seeking behavior.

Question 7

Infants begin __________ behavior in response to environmental stimuli.

A) examination of their own
B) self-regulation of their own
C) scoring their own
D) exhibiting acceptable

Question 8

Apgar scores are used as a rough assessment of immediate adjustment to extrauterine life.

Question 9

At 3 days old, newborns can discriminate their mother's voice from the voices of other women and at 5 days old, they can use their sense of smell to identify their mother's breast milk.

Question 10

During the second period of reactivity, infants sleep deeply and block out stimuli.

Question 11

The preadapted neonate is referred to as a competent infant.