newborn

• temperature for newborn: 97.9-99.5F
• heart rate for newborn: 120-160 bpm (can increase to 180 if crying)
• respiration rate for newborn: 30-60 breaths/min at rest; will increase if crying
• why should you be cautious when feeding baby if the respiration increases?

  may cause baby to aspirate and potentially get pneumonia
• signs of respiratory distress on a newborn: cyanosis, tachypnea, grunting, sternal retractions, nasal flaring
• glucose range for newborns: 40-60 mg/dL first day, then 50-90 mg/dL
• newborn bowel sounds may be hypoactive but normally heard shortly after birth
• newborn's first stool: meconium, greenish/black tarry consistency
• newborn's stool after feedings: greenish/brown to yellowish/brown, thinner consistency and seedy appearance
• newborn's milk stool: yellow/gold, loose, stringy to pasty, typically sour smelling (from breast) and yellow/green, or greenish loose pasty or formed (from formula)
• do not give vitamin K and hepatitis B immunization on the same thigh
• umbilical cord begins within hours of birth and is shriveled or blackened by the 2nd or 3rd day; sloughs off within 7-10 days