National Nursing Review : Nursing Study Resources & Health Tips

The data shown here are data for a new-born forward, parents “normal”:

• Average weight: 3300g
• Average size: 50cm
• Head circumference: 35 cm
• Members flexed, hands closed
• Skin covered with a variable amount of vernix caseosa (sebaceous white fatty substance)
• cyanosis of the extremities often
• Fine hairs on the forehead, cheeks, shoulders and back, called lanugo
• jaundice frequently to 2-3 days, physiological
• perception of fontanelles
• Respiratory rate 20 to 60/min
• Short neck, large tongue, glottis and anterior very high (risk of difficulty in intubation)
• Heart rate of 120 to 160/min
• Systolic blood pressure NNE at approximately 70mmHg (PAM = Term)
• APGAR test near or equal to 10 (see table), assessed at 1 minute and 5 minutes.

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