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The S.T.A.B.L.E. Program - 6TM Edition Learner/Provider Course Pre-Assessment Please write your name and answers on the answer sheet. For the following multiple-choice questions, choose the one best answer. If you are uncertain guess. about an answer, take your best neonate with a pneumothorax may exhibit which of the following signs? 1) Increased work of breathing 2) Bradycardia 3) Asymmetric appearing chest 4) Cyanosis 5) Decreased femoral pulses 1. A a) 1, 2, 4 b) 1, 3,5 c) All are correct During a routine evaluation of a four-hour-old term infant, the nurse discovers the infant is tachypneic, tachycardic, and hypotonic. The infant's temperature is 38.6 *C (101.5 "F). A complete blood count (CBC) is ordered with the following results 2. 51% 41% 5% 3% 9,200 Lymphocytes Segmented neutrophils Band neutrophils Monocytes WBC Hemoglobin 15 g/dL Hematocrit 46% Platelets 290,000 You discuss the patient and CBC results with the infant's medical staff provider who responds by saying: "The CBC is normal which reassures me that the baby is fine. I don't think we need to do anything more than keep a close eye on the baby." Your assessment of this response is a) you agree that close observation is all that is necessary at this time because the CBC and b) you are concerned because the infant's clinical presentation is not being adequately c) you are concerned because you think a CBC and CRP should also be re-evaluated in CRP are normal, which reassures you that the infant is well. considered; work-up and treatment for possible infection is indicated 8 to 12 hours. 6h Edition Pre-Assessment

Answer 1

Answer :

1) c . All are correct .

Pneumothorax is a lung disorder in which air in the lungs leaks out through holes in the lung tissue into the spaces outside the lung airways .

Pneumothorax is one type of lung disorders called air leak syndrome.

A baby can have more than one form of air leak .

2) answer :

B) you are concerned because the infant clinical presentation is not being adequately considered ,work up and treatment for possible infection is indicated.