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CH 14-15
Maternity and Pediatric
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| artificial nutrition | infant formula |
| colostrum | thin, yellowish, milky fluid secreted by the woman's breasts during pregnancy or just after delivery -before secretion of milk |
| engorgement | occurs when the milk comes in and the woman's body responds with increasing blood supply to the breast tissues |
| foremilk | breast milk that is very watery and thin and may have a bluish tint. This is what the infant receives first during the breast-feeding session |
| hindmilk | breast milk that is thicker and whiter. It contains a higher quantity of fat than foremilk and therefore has a higher caloric content than foremilk |
| lactation | production and secretion of milk from the breast for newborn nourishment |
| lactation consultant | a nurse or layperson who has received special training to assist and support the breast-feeding woman |
| mastitis | infection of the breast tissue |
| circumcision | surgical removal of all or part of the foreskin (prepuce) of the penis |
| kangaroo care | a way to maintain newborn's temperature and promote early bonding -nurse dries newborn quickly, diaper/blanket genitals, cap on head, and places newborn skin-to-skin with mother or father and covers with blankets |
| ophthalmia neonatorum | a severe eye infection contracted in the birth canal of a woman with gonorrhea or chlamydia |
| thermoneutral environment | an environment in which heat is neither lost or gained |
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