Chapter 24: High-Risk Newborn: Acquired and Congenital Conditions

The nurse is responsible for monitoring the feedings of the infant with hyperbilirubinemia every 2 to 3 hours around the clock. If breastfeeding must be supplemented, formula should be used instead of water. The purpose of this plan is to - provide fluids and protein. Four hours after the birth of a healthy neonate of an insulin-dependent (type 1) diabetic mother, the baby appears jittery and irritable and has a high-pitched cry. Which nursing action has top priority? - Test for the blood glucose level. Which newborn should the nurse recognize as being at the greatest risk for developing respiratory distress syndrome? - A 36-week-gestation male baby born by cesarean birth to a mother with insulin-dependent diabetes. Transitory tachypnea of the newborn (TTN) is thought to occur as a result of - inadequate absorption of fetal lung fluid