NUR 1211C Chapter Notes - Chapter Test 6: Low Birth Weight, Apgar Score, Gestational Age
12 Feb 2020
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Nursing management during the immediate newborn period: assessment. Molding can affect measurement: the term newborn weighs 2,500 to 4,000 g (5 lb, 8 oz to 8 lb, 14 oz, newborns can be classified by their birth weight regardless of their gestational age as follows: Very low birth weight: >1,500 g (>3. 5 lb) Skin texture typically ranges from sticky and transparent to smooth, with varying degrees of peeling and cracking, to parchment-like or leathery with significant cracking and wrinkling. Lanugo soft downy hair on the newborn"s body, which is absent in preterm newborns, appears with maturity, and then disappears again with postmaturity. Plantar creases creases on the soles of the feet, which range from absent to covering the entire foot, depending on maturity (the greater the number of creases, the greater the newborn"s maturity) Breast tissue the thickness and size of breast tissue and areola (the darkened ring around each nipple), which range from being imperceptible to full and budding.
