Author Question: The client asks the nurse how she will know if her baby is getting enough breast milk. Initially, ... (Read 97 times)

abern · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

The client asks the nurse how she will know if her baby is getting enough breast milk. Initially, which response by the nurse would be most helpful?

a. Your baby should have at least eight to ten wet diapers per day.
b. If the baby nurses four times a day, she is getting enough milk.
c. Your baby should have a stool once a day.
d. If the baby is sleeping soundly through the night, she is getting enough milk.

Question 2

The scope and practice of a nurse working on a maternity unit is defined in the Nurse Practice Act. If a nurse provides care that is beyond her scope and practice, the nurse would be violating which type of law?

a. Statutory law c. Practice law
b. Disciplinary law d. Case law

joshbk44 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A
The infant's output is a reflection of the intake and eight to ten wet diapers a day reflects adequate intake. Breastfed infants usually eat eight to twelve times a day for the first 3 to 4 weeks. Most breastfed infants stool with every void or every other void. If an infant is sleeping soundly through the night, the infant is not getting adequate nutrition.

Answer to Question 2

A
Through nurse practice acts, statutory laws define what constitutes the scope and practice of nursing and determine educational credentials and titling for registered nurses. Case law, sometimes referred to as common law, is derived from judicial decisions on specific cases.