Author Question: The nurse monitors the newborn infant's weight daily. In caring for a new mother starting to ... (Read 28 times)

kwoodring · **on:** Jun 28, 2018

The nurse monitors the newborn infant's weight daily. In caring for a new mother starting to breast-feed, weighing the newborn is an example of which of the following roles of the nurse? The nurse is:

A) assessing breast-feeding readiness.
B) assisting with breast-feeding technique.
C) assessing newborn fluid intake.
D) providing teaching about special breast-feeding topics.

Question 2

The nurse is helping to weigh and measure a term baby. Which of the following results would cause the nurse to classify the baby as low birth weight? The infant weighed:

A) 1,450 grams.
B) 2,000 grams.
C) 2,550 grams.
D) 2,950 grams.