Exam 2: NSG 432 NSG432 Latest

Exam 2: NSG 432 / NSG432 (Latest

Update 2025 / 2026) Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family | Guide Questions with Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - GCU

Question:

sucking and rooting reflex

Answer:

stoke baby's check and they turn toward that side and look for nipple, present from birth-4 months

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swallowing reflex

Answer:

reflex that enables the newborn baby to swallow liquids without choking

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grasp (palmar and plantar)

Answer:

fingers and toes curl around finger; palmar lessens by 3-4 months and plantar lessens by 8 months

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extrusion reflex

Answer:

thrusting tongue movements that automatically push food out of the mouth; disappears 4-5 months

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glabellar reflex

Answer:

tap on the bridge of the infant's nose, infants should close eyes tightly

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tonic neck reflex

Answer:

turning the head to one side, extending the arm and leg on that side, and flexing the limbs on the opposite side; disappears 3-4 months

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Moro reflex

Answer:

reflex in which newborn stretches out the arms and legs and cries in response to loud noise and an abrupt change in the environment; absent by 6 months

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stepping or walking reflex

Answer:

hold infant vertically under arms or on trunk, allowing one foot to touch the table surface - infant will stimulate walking, alternating flexion and extension of the feet; term infants walk on soles of their feet and preterm infants walk on their toes -response is normally present for 3-4 weeks

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crawling reflex

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when the infant is placed on her stomach, her legs and arms move in a crawling motion; disappear by 6 weeks

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deep tendon reflexes

Answer:

tested with a reflex hammer that is used to strike a tendon

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crossed extensor reflex

Answer:

when a withdrawal reflex is initiated in one lower limb, the crossed extensor reflex causes extension of opposite lower limb

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