The nurse provides prenatal education to a group of pregnant teenagers. One of the group members asks the nurse to talk about the possible complications for a newborn. An accurate statement about neonatal complications would be which of the following?
A) Respiratory difficulties
B) Physiologic jaundice
C) Caput succedaneum
D) Subconjunctival hemorrhage
Ans: A
Respiratory difficulties can occur and be life-threatening to the neonate. Birth traumas that cause temporary symptoms are of concern because the parents need to be reassured that the symptoms will disappear. Examples include caput succedaneum (localized edema of the scalp), molding (elongation of the skull as the baby passes through the birth canal), and subconjunctival hemorrhage. The nonthreatening nature of physiologic jaundice, which commonly occurs in the neonate's first days, should also be explained to the parents.
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