Exam (elaborations) ATI COMPREHENSIVE

A nurse is providing d ischarge instructions about newborn care to a client who is postpartum. Which of the following s tatements indicates to the nurse that the client understands the teaching? “I will cover my baby’s body when I wash her” “I will use the bulb syringe first in her mouth and then in her nose” Newborns are highly susceptible to heat loss. The client should wrap the newborn in a towel when washing the hair to minimize heat loss. The client should suction the newborn’s mouth first to remove secretions that the newborn could aspirate when suctioning the nares. A nurse on a mental h ealth unit is conducting a mental status e xamination (MSE) on a newly admitted client. Which o f the following components of the MSE is the priority for the nurse to assess? Ideas of self-harm. The greatest risk to this client is injury from ideas of self-harm. The priority assessment the nurse should make is to determine whether the client has had suicidal or homicidal ideas.