A newborn is discharged from the hospital on day 2 of life. The ...

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A newborn is discharged from the hospital on day 2 of life. The mother reports that two siblings were diagnosed with hyperbilirubinemia on day 8 of life. The nurse will schedule the follow up home visit for this newborn on day
 
  1. 3.
  2. 5.8.
  4. 9.

Question 2

While teaching parents of a newborn about normal growth and development,the nurse informs them that their child's weight should
 
  1. triple by 6 months of age.
  2. double by one year of age.
  3. double by 5 months of age.
  4. triple by 9 months of age.

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Answer to Question 1

Answer:1
Rationale: The infant is at risk for hyperbilirubinemia. The mother may not have recognized the signs of hyperbilirubinemia in the early stage;therefore,the nurse should make the first home visit at day 3 of life. Waiting until day 5,8,or 9 after discharge from the hospital is incorrect since the early signs of hyperbilirubinemia may be missed if the nurse waits this length of time to evaluate the infant.
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Answer to Question 2

Answer:3
Rationale:Normal weight gain for an infant would be to have doubled in weight by 5 months of age.It would be abnormal for the infant's weight to only have doubled by one year of age and to have tripled by either 6 months or 9 months of age.

[notis]

Great answer, keep it coming

[yeungji]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it