NUR 413 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Perfusion, Club Foot, Cyanosis
19 Mar 2020
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Ability of health care providers: assess & respond appropriately in the event of problems. Monday, march 2, 2020: thermoregulation, glucose regulation, conjugation of bilirubin, nutrition, elimination, sleep/rest. Health & wellness promotion: baseline assessment, patient education. Mechanical: fetal chest is compressed, then chest recoils, fetal grasp & exhalation removes fluid from lung, clamping of umbilical cord. Low blood oxygen: increased carbon dioxide levels. 2: from warm intrauterine environment to cooler extra-uterine environment. Nares & oral cavity in newborns are typically wiped, or bulb suctioned. Newborns are obligatory nose breathers: the reflexive response to nasal obstruction, opening the mouth to maintain an airway, may not be present in most newborns until 3 weeks after birth. Oral mucous secretions may cause newborn to cough, gag, especially during first 12-18 hrs. Transition from fetal circulation to postnatal circulation at. Pulmonary hypertension prior to delivery, then relaxes. Lungs inflate: surfactant, pulmonary vascular resistance decreases & blood flow increases, alveolar fluid is absorbed by capillaries.
