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ghost!

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on: Jun 27, 2018
A 3-month-old baby who was born at 25 weeks has been exposed to prolonged oxygen therapy. Due to oxygen therapy, the nurse explains to the parents, their infant is at a greater risk for which of the following?
 
  1. Visual impairment
  2. Hyperthermia
  3. Central cyanosis
  4. Sensitive gag reflex

Question 2

A nurse has attended a cesarean birth. Without first consulting the parents the nurse goes to the waiting room and tells family members the sex of a newborn baby. In this situation, the nurse would be considered to have committed:
 
  A. A breach of privacy.
   B. Negligence.
   C. Malpractice.
   D. A breach of ethics.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Explanation: 1. Extremely premature newborns are particularly susceptible to injury of the delicate capillaries of the retina causing characteristic retinal changes known as retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). Judicious use of supplemental oxygen therapy in the premature infant has become the norm.

Answer to Question 2

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