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roselinechinyere27m · **on:** Jun 28, 2018

The nurse is teaching a class to parents about the components of newborn behavioral assessment. Which parent's statement suggests that educational material has been accurately understood?

1. My baby's ability to shut down his natural response to the sound of a rattle is considered a part of the variations assessment.
2. Habituation includes an allover assessment of my baby's body tone.
3. Observing my baby's frequency of alert status and peaks of excitement is part of the self-quieting activity component.
4. Motor activity includes assessing my baby's overall tone when he's being handled.

Question 2

The parents of a newborn comment to the nurse that their infant seems to enjoy being held and that holding the baby helps him calm down after crying. They ask the nurse why this happens.

After explaining newborn behavior, the nurse assesses the parents' learning. Which statement indicates that teaching was effective?
1. Some babies are easier to deal with than others.
2. We are lucky to have a baby with a calm disposition.
3. Our baby spends more time in the active alert phase.
4. Cuddliness is a social behavior that some babies have.

amandanbreshears · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 28, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1: Assessment of habituation includes observing the newborn's ability to diminish or shut down innate responses to specific repeated stimuli, such as a rattle, bell, light, or heel pinprick.
Rationale 2: An allover assessment of the newborn's body tone is considered to be part of motor activity.
Rationale 3: Variations include the newborn's frequency of alert states, state changes, color changes, activity, and peaks of excitement.
Rationale 4: Assessment of motor activity includes assessing the infant's overall use of tone while the baby is being handled.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1: Easier or more difficult to deal with is a judgment, not part of an assessment.
Rationale 2: Describing an infant as having a calm disposition is a judgment, not part of an assessment.
Rationale 3: The active alert phase of the sleep-awake cycle is characterized by motor activity.
Rationale 4: The Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale looks at habituation, orientation to animate or inanimate visual or auditory stimuli, motor activity, self-quieting, cuddliness or social behaviors, and variations of each of these categories.