Author Question: A premature infant is admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The infant is in critical ... (Read 102 times)

olgavictoria · **on:** Jun 28, 2018

A premature infant is admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The infant is in critical condition, and the outcome is questionable. Nursing behaviors that will promote visitation include:

1. Explaining to the parents that everything possible is being done for their infant.
2. Smiling at the parents and making them welcome when they come to visit.
3. Allowing alone time with their infant when they visit.
4. Introducing the parents to the other parents visiting their babies.

Question 2

The nurse is caring for a child who has been sedated for a painful procedure. The priority nursing activity for this child is to:

1. Allow parents to stay with the child.
2. Monitor pulse oximetry.
3. Assess the child's respiratory effort.
4. Place the child on a cardiac monitor.

bigsis44 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 28, 2018

Answer to Question 1

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Rationale 1: This reassurance will not increase parental visits.
Rationale 2: When parents feel they are not strangers in the unit, they will be more likely to visit.
Rationale 3: Avoidance of the parents will not make the parents want to visit more often.
Rationale 4: It is appropriate to encourage parents to meet other parents, but this will not increase the parents' willingness to visit.
Global Rationale:

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale:
1. Parents may be allowed to stay with the child, but assessment of breathing effort must take priority.
2. Although equipment is important, and is used routinely during sedation, it does not replace the need for visual assessment.
3. When the child is sedated for a procedure, it is very important for the nurse to actually visualize the child and his effort of breathing.
4. Although equipment is important, and is used routinely during sedation, it does not replace the need for visual assessment.