The nurse is teaching a new mother how to encourage a sleepy baby ...

[lunatika]

The nurse is teaching a new mother how to encourage a sleepy baby to breastfeed. Which of the following instructions would not be included in that teaching?
 
  1. Providing skin-to-skin contact
  2. Swaddling the newborn in a blanket
  3. Unwrapping the newborn
  4. Allowing the newborn to feel and smell the mother's breast

Question 2

The student nurse is to perform Leopold maneuvers on a laboring client. Which assessment requires intervention by the staff nurse?
 
  1. The client is assisted into supine position, and the position of the fetus is assessed.
  2. The upper portion of the uterus is palpated, then the middle section.
  3. After determining where the back is located, the cervix is assessed.
  4. Following voiding, the client's abdomen is palpated from top to bottom.

[stano32]

Answer to Question 1

2
Explanation: 2. Remove the baby's blanket and clothing so that the infant is wearing only a diaper and T-shirt. Babies feed better when they are not bundled, and they can achieve better attachment without the bulk of extra clothing and blankets. Swaddling the newborn has the opposite effect.

Answer to Question 2

3
Explanation: 3. The cervical exam is not part of Leopold maneuvers. Abdominal palpation is the only technique used for Leopold maneuvers.