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NUR 4445 ( LATEST 2024 / 2025 ) HEALTH PROMOTION | GRADED A+ QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
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NUR 4445 ( LATEST 2024 / 2025 ) HEALTH PROMOTION | GRADED A+ QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
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NUR 4445 Health Promotion1. What are some subjects we need to emphasize to parents about infant safety (3)?
Answer
- Avoid smoking in the home or around the infant
- Aspiration and choking
- Car Seat Safety
Backseat of the car, rear facing
2. What do we teach parents about preventing falls with their infant (4)?
Answer
- Never leave an infant on high surfaces (changing table, couch, chair, etc.)
- Never leave an infants in car seat or bouncy on high surfaces
- Crib rails up
- Gate stairs
3. How can parents prevent inflicted injury on their infant (2)?
Answer
- Never shake a baby
- Never leave alone with a pet or young sibling
4. What are some things we teach parents about home safety with an infant
(8)?
Answer
- Set water temperature at 120oF to prevent accidental burns
- Check temp of bath water and formula if heated
- Never leave alone in bathtub or around any body of water
- Smoke alarms, have an exit plan
- Cover electric outlets
- Lock up chemicals, cleaners, keep in original containers; Keep poison control number handy
,- Avoid use of walkers
- Sunscreen after 6 months
5. What is sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)? What are some risk factors
(4)?
Answer
- the unexplained death of an infant less than 1 year of age, Peak age about 3 months
- Risk factors (p. 861)
1. Smoking during pregnancy or in the home
2. Co-sleeping
3. LBW, preterm birth
4. Native American or African American race
6. What are prevention strategies for SIDS (3)?
Answer
- On the back for sleeping
- Avoid excess blankets, pillows, toys in bed
- Pacifier may be protective
7. How can parents provide structure for their infant's sleep schedule (5)?
Answer
- Bedtime routine
- Quiet, relaxed environment
- Warm sleeping environment
- Place infant in crib when drowsy but not asleep
- Decrease night-time stimulation
8. When is an infant's nocturnal sleep pattern established? How many hours a day does an infant
sleep? How many hours at night?
Answer
, - Nocturnal Sleep pattern established around 4 months
- Sleeps about 14-18 hours per day
- 9-11 hours at night
- Usually two naps, but may only be one
9. What is a brief unexplained event (BRUE)? Who usually experiences it?
Answer
- Episode of apnea accompanied by a color change, limp muscle tone, choking, or gagging.
- Usually in infants < 6 months
10. What can cause BRUE (3)? What do we do for infants who experience this?
Answer
- causes
GERD, seizures, lower respiratory disorders
- Usually get admitted for a work-up
- 50% of cases have an underlying cause
11. How long should an infant be receiving breastfeeding as their only source of nutrition?
Answer
- Breast milk or Formula - all that is needed
- Primary source of nutrition throughout the first year
-AAP recommends exclusive breastfeeding until about 6 months
12. How often should an infant be breastfed or bottle-fed? What type of sup- plementation is
needed and why?
Answer
- Breastfed
nurse about every 2-3 hours
- Formula fed
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