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You are the NNP called to examine a term newborn male rooming in with his mother.  The post-partum nurse discovered an irregularly bordered, flat, pink macule on the nape of the his neck.  Based on this description and your knowledge that 40% of all newborns have this type of skin lesion, you would add which of the following to your differential diagnosis list?

Which of the following medications would be appropriate for systemic pain management for most invasive procedures?

Decreased aortic blood flow indicated by physical exam findings of a weak femoral pulse in comparison to the right brachial pulse is a common finding in which congenital heart defect?

An infant with galactosemia may also have which associated physical examination finding?

Severe uncontrolled maternal diabetes increases fetal risk of which of the following?

 Approximately 10% of newborns need assistance in the delivery room after birth and the need for intervention is based upon:

A newborn infant that has a birth weight less than 10th percentile for gestational age would be assigned the following diagnosis:

Resuscitation for a term infant in the delivery room should start at what percentage of oxygen?

Which of the following is one of the four components of physical assessment?

A 2 day old newborn with a fever and an erythematous based vesicular rash should have immediate treatment for: