With regard to infant mortality statistics, which nursing ...

[KimWrice]

With regard to infant mortality statistics, which nursing intervention would be most effective in decreasing post-neonatal mortality?
 
  1. Teaching parents about baby-proofing their home
  2. Educating parents on acceptable feeding techniques
  3. Providing support for first-time mothers
  4. Educating parents on the importance of positioning the baby on his back whenever sleeping

Question 2

A nurse is providing information to a group of new mothers. The nurse would explain that newborns and young infants are more susceptible to infection because they have:
 
  1. High levels of maternal antibodies to diseases to which the mother has been exposed.
   2. Passive transplacental immunity from maternal immunoglobulin G.
   3. Immune systems that are not fully mature at birth.
   4. Been exposed to microorganisms during the birth process.

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Answer to Question 1

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Rationale 1: Baby-proofing homes will not decrease post-neonatal mortality.
Rationale 2: Teaching acceptable feeding techniques is not the most effective intervention to decrease post-neonatal mortality.
Rationale 3: Providing support for first-time mothers will not decrease post-neonatal mortality.
Rationale 4: Sudden infant death syndrome accounts for nearly 8 of deaths to infants and usually occurs during the post-neonatal period (between 1 and 12 months of age). Positioning babies on their backs to sleep has significantly reduced the incidence of sudden infant death syndrome.
Global Rationale:

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale:
1. Newborns and young infants do have high levels of maternal antibodies, but this answer is incorrect because it does not explain the susceptibility of newborns and young infants to infection.
2. Newborns and young infants do have passive transplacental immunity, but this answer is incorrect because it does not explain the susceptibility of newborns and young infants to infection.
3. Newborns have a limited storage pool of neutrophils and plasma proteins to defend against infection.
4. Newborns and young infants do have exposure to microorganisms during the birth process, but this answer is incorrect because it do not explain the susceptibility of newborns and young infants to infection.