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The nurse administers erythromycin ointment (0.5%) to the newborn's eyes, and the mother asks the nurse why this is done. The nurse should give which response to the client? - Answer Prevents ophthalmia neonatorum from occurring after delivery to a neonate born to a woman with an untreated gonococcal infection A client asks the nurse why her newborn baby needs an injection of vitamin K. The nurse should make which statement to the client? - Answer "Newborns are deficient in vitami...

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4 pages

Written in 2025/2026

Grade A+

COCOSOLUTIONS

what does the initial care of the newborn assessment look like? - Answer observe/assist with initiation of respirations assess APGAR score note characteristics of cry monitor for nasal flaring/grunting/retractions/abnormal RR/seesaw RR pattern assess for central cyanosis and acrocyanosis obtain VS observe NB for signs of hypothermia or hyperthermia assess for gross anomalies what interventions need to be performed during the initial care of the newborn? - Answer suc...

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8 pages

Written in 2025/2026

Grade A+

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The maternity nurse is providing instructions to a new mother regarding the psychosocial development of the newborn infant. Using Erikson's psychosocial development theory, the nurse instructs the mother to take which measure? 1. Allow the newborn infant to signal a need. 2. Anticipate all needs of the newborn infant. 3. Attend to the newborn infant immediately when crying. 4. Avoid the newborn infant during the first 10 minutes of crying. - Answer ANS: 1. Allow the newb...

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23 pages

Written in 2025/2026

Grade A+

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A nurse is planning orientation for a new nurse graduate. What is the most important nursing action for preventing neonatal infection? Personal protective equipment (PPE) gown protocols Isolation of infected infants Good handwashing Standard precautions - Answer Good handwashing --------- Handwashing is important for the prevention of healthcare-associated infection in nursery units. It is very important to track census and overcrowding must be avoided in nurseries. Infants who are po...

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9 pages

Written in 2025/2026

Grade A+

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The postpartum nurse is providing instructions to the mother of a newborn with hyperbilirubinemia who is being breast-fed. The nurse should provide which instruction to the mother? 1. Feed the newborn less frequently. 2. Continue to breast-feed every 2 to 4 hours. 3. Switch to bottle-feeding the infant for 2 weeks. 4. Stop breast-feeding and switch to bottle-feeding permanently. - Answer 2. Continue to breast-feed every 2 to 4 hours. The nurse notes hypotonia, irritability, and a poor ...

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13 pages

Written in 2025/2026

Grade A+

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A home care nurse is instructing a client with hyperemesis gravidarum about measures to ease the N&V. the nurse tells the client to - Answer eat carbs such as cereals, rice and pasta A nurse is caring for a client with preE who is receiving a mag sulfate infusion to prevent eclampsia. Which finding indicates to the nurse that the med is effective - Answer the client experiences diuresis within 24 to 48 hours a client with preE who is receiving mag sulfate in an IV infusion exhibits s...

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10 pages

Written in 2025/2026

Grade A+

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The mother of a newborn calls the clinic and reports to the nurse that when she was cleansing the newborn's umbilical cord, the cord was moist and discharge was noted. Which nursing instruction to the mother is appropriate? - Answer To bring the infant to the clinic The nurse is changing the diaper of a 1-day-old, full-term female newborn and notes that the genitalia are red and swollen and that a thick, white mucoid vaginal discharge is present. Based on these findings, the nurse deter...

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10 pages

Written in 2025/2026

Grade A+

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The client delivered a newborn baby 3 hours ago. The assigned nurse is reviewing the electronic health record to determine if the new mother is a candidate for Rh immune globulin administration. Which criteria must be present to determine that the client needs the medication? Select all that apply. a) The father must be Rh negative. b) The mother must be Rh negative. c) The newborn must be Rh positive. d) The indirect Coombs' test must be negative. e) The newborn must be a second or sub...

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4 pages

Written in 2025/2026

Grade A+

COCOSOLUTIONS

The maternity nurse is providing instructions to a new mother regarding the psychosocial development of the newborn infant. Using Erikson's psychosocial development theory, the nurse instructs the mother to take which measure? 1. Allow the newborn infant to signal a need. 2. Anticipate all needs of the newborn infant. 3. Attend to the newborn infant immediately when crying. 4. Avoid the newborn infant during the first 10 minutes of crying. - Answer ANS: 1. Allow the newb...

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49 pages

Written in 2025/2026

Grade A+

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The nurse is collecting data from a pregnant client when the client asks the nurse about the purpose of the fallopian tubes. Which is the accurate response the nurse should make? A. The organ of copulation B. Where the fetus develops C. Where fertilization occurs D. The organ that secretes estrogen and progesterone - Answer C (Each fallopian tube is a hollow muscular tube that transports a mature oocyte for final maturation and fertilization) The nursing instructor asks a nursing ...

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25 pages

Written in 2025/2026

Grade A+

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The nurse assisted with the birth of a newborn. Which nursing action is most effective in preventing heat loss by evaporation? 1. Warming the crib pad 2. Closing the doors to the room 3. Drying the infant with a warm blanket 4. Turning on the overhead radiant warmer - Answer 3. Drying the infant with a warm blanket The mother of a newborn calls the clinic and reports that when cleaning the umbilical cord, she noticed that the cord was moist and that discharge was present. What is t...

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4 pages

Written in 2025/2026

Grade A+

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Antibiotics are prescribed for a child with otitis media who underwent a myringotomy with insertion of tympanostomy tubes. The nurse provides discharge instructions to the parents regarding the administration of the antibiotics. Which statement, if made by the parents, indicates understanding of the instructions provided? "Administer the antibiotics until they are gone." "Administer the antibiotics if the child has a fever." "Administer the antibiotics until the child feels b...

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36 pages

Written in 2025/2026

Grade A+

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The nurse assisted with the delivery of a newborn. Which nursing action is most effective in preventing heat loss by evaporation? 1. Warming the crib pad 2. Closing the doors to the room 3. Drying the infant with a warm blanket 4. Turning on the overhead radiant warmer - Answer 3 Evaporation of moisture from a wet body dissipates heat along with the moisture. Keeping the newborn dry by drying the wet newborn at birth prevents hypothermia via evaporation. Hypothermia cau...

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44 pages

Written in 2025/2026

Grade A+

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