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CCRN Critical Care Nursing

Category - Neonatal

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A nurse in a newborn nursery is monitoring a preterm newborn infant for respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). Which assessment signs if noted in the newborn infant would alert the nurse to the possibility of this syndrome?

Hypotension and bradycardia
Tachypnea and retractions
Acrocyanosis and grunting
The presence of a barrel chest with acrocyanosis

Explanation

Answer: B - The newborn infant with respiratory distress syndrome may present with clinical signs of cyanosis, tachypnea or apnea, nasal flaring, chest wall retractions, or audible grunts.

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