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NUR 406 Exam 11
- What is Rooming In and what does it encourage?
Answer The infant stays in the room with the mother and never leaves; it encourages participation in caring for the infant
- How is Rooming In baby friendly?
Answer anything that can be done in mom's room, is done in mom's room. Only taking baby out of room when needed
- How can mom get a break when Rooming In?
Answer encourage having support people present and not separating from baby
- what are some advantages to rooming in?
Answer mom is more attuned to baby, baby typically does better with feedings
- What is golden hour?
Answer 1st hour of life when baby is born
- what is kangaroo care?
Answer skin to skin contact with any caregiver (doesn't have to be mom)
- How can you utilize the golden hour most effecively?
Answer skin to skin, promotes bonding between baby and mom breastfeeding, increases odds of success long term 1 / 3
- what is happening during the golden hour?
Answer -big hormonal shift for mom
-baby adjust to lie outside the womb -baby is alert right after birth then goes into a sleepy state
- When is it okay to interrupt golden hour?
Answer when baby or mom are in danger
- why is smoking not recommended during pregnancy?
Answer associated with low birth weights
- what does substance abuse during pregnancy increase?
Answer birth defects
- what level of alcohol is safe for baby?
Answer NONE
- why do we perform skin to skin between mother and baby, particularly in the first hour of
life?
Answer it helps with bettering stats in infants bonding of the baby/mother
-higher success rates for breastfeeding long-term -helps with babies blood sugar
- what factors are important in establishing a sufficient breastmilk supply?-
Answer 8-12x per day nursing feeding making sure latch is correct 2 / 3
the more the baby nurses the more the body knows to make milk
- assessment of lactation
Answer how many wet and dirty diapers a baby has had- tells is the baby is getting adequate food
- wet 1 dry in first 24 hrs
- wet 2 dry in 48 hr
- wet 3 dry in 72 hr
- wet a day, stool can vary by 5 weeks
- when should baby be back up to birth weight?
- weeks
Answer
- what is progesterone?
Answer pregnancy hormone
responsible for maintaining pregnancy (if low progesterone, may have miscarriages)
- what does progesterone decrease?
Answer airway resistsance
- Negele's rule (expected date of confinement)
Answer first day of last menstrual period - 3 months + 7 days Ex Answer March 7th (December 7th add 7 days= December 14th)
- what is the function of the placenta
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