The healthy infant must accomplish both behavioral and biologic tasks to develop normally. Behavioral characteristics form the basis of the social capabilities of the infant.
Newborns pass through a hierarchy of developmental challenges as they adapt to their environment and caregivers. This progression in behavior is the basis for the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment (NBAS). Please match the cluster of neonatal behavior with the correct level on the NBAS scale.
a. Habituation d. Autonomic stability
b. Orientation e. Regulation of state
c. Range of state
43. Signs of stress related to homeostatic adjustment
44. Ability to respond to discrete stimuli while asleep
45. Measure of general arousability
46. How the infant responds when aroused
47. Ability to attend to visual and auditory stimuli while alert
Question 2
An infant boy was born just a few minutes ago. The nurse is conducting the initial assessment. Part of the assessment includes the Apgar score. The Apgar assessment is performed:
a. Only if the newborn is in obvious distress.
b. Once by the obstetrician, just after the birth.
c. At least twice, 1 minute and 5 minutes after birth.
d. Every 15 minutes during the newborn's first hour after birth.
The stages of labor and delivery. (A) During the dilation stage the cervix thins and dilates to 10 c
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