Maternal Newborn Nursing Certification Practice Test

Answer: C - In infants with hydrocephalus, the head at an abnormal rate, and the first sign of the disorder may be bulging fontanels without head enlargement. A bulging, tense, and nonpulsatile anterior fontanel indicates an increase in cerebrospinal fluid collection in the cerebral ventricle. A method of assessing fluid collection in the cranial cavity is to palpate the anterior fontanel.