Essential Newborn Care Steps and Rationale Quiz

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What is the primary function of administering Vitamin K to newborns?

  • To promote blood clotting (correct)
  • To provide immunity against Hepatitis B
  • To prevent tuberculosis
  • To treat bacterial eye infections

Erythromycin is an ophthalmic antibiotic administered to newborns. What is its mechanism of action?

  • It disrupts bacterial cell wall synthesis
  • It inhibits viral replication
  • It interferes with bacterial protein synthesis (correct)
  • It prevents the formation of bacterial endospores

What is the purpose of administering the Hepatitis B vaccine to newborns?

  • To promote blood clotting
  • To treat bacterial infections
  • To provide immunity against Hepatitis B virus (correct)
  • To prevent tuberculosis

The BCG vaccine is administered to newborns. What disease does it protect against?

<p>Tuberculosis (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a routine part of newborn care?

<p>All of the above (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the Milk Code EO.51 regulate?

<p>The marketing of breast milk substitutes and related products (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary function of administering vitamin K to newborns?

<p>To prevent vitamin K deficiency bleeding (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does erythromycin function in the treatment of ophthalmia neonatorum?

<p>It inhibits bacterial protein synthesis (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of the hepatitis B vaccine given to newborns?

<p>To prevent hepatitis B infection (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guérin) vaccine given to newborns?

<p>To prevent tuberculosis (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a routine part of newborn care?

<p>Administering antibiotics prophylactically (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary rationale for delaying the washing of newborns for at least 6 hours?

<p>To prevent hypothermia, infection, and hypoglycemia (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary function of administering Vitamin K to newborns?

<p>To prevent hemorrhagic disease (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does erythromycin function in newborn care?

<p>As an antibiotic to treat bacterial infections (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of administering the Hepatitis B vaccine to newborns?

<p>To prevent future Hepatitis B infection (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of the BCG vaccine for newborns?

<p>To prevent tuberculosis (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a routine part of newborn care?

<p>Providing solid foods (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of the vernix caseosa on a newborn's skin?

<p>To regulate body temperature (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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