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When assessing the integument of a 24-hour-old newborn, the nurse notes a pink papular rash with vesicles superimposed on the thorax, back, and abdomen. The nurse should:
 
  1. notify the physician immediately.
  2. move the newborn to an isolation nursery.
  3. document the finding as erythema toxicum.
  4. take the newborn's temperature and obtain a culture of one of the vesicles

Question 2

A 4-year-old child is admitted to the hospital for surgery. Before you administer medicine, the best way to identify the child would be to
 
  A) call the child's name and see if he or she answers.
  B) read the child's armband.
  C) ask the child to state his or her name.
  D) tell the child to state his or her nickname.



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Answer to Question 1

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1. Incorrect. This is a normal finding that does not require notification of the physician.
2. Incorrect. This is a normal finding that does not require the newborn to be isolated.
3. Correct. Erythema toxicum (or erythema neonatorum) is a newborn rash that resembles flea bites.
4. Incorrect. This is a normal finding that does require any additional interventions.

Answer to Question 2

B



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