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karen

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on: Jun 28, 2018
The nurse is caring for a patient who has gone into labor 6 weeks early and whose amniocentesis has shown a lack of lecithin. In addition to stopping the labor, what is the first thing the nurse would be asked to do?
 
  A) Administer a glucocorticosteroid to the mother.
  B) Prepare the delivery room to respond to the neonate's respiratory distress.
  C) Prepare the delivery room to respond to the neonate's cardiac distress.
  D) Administer oxygen to the mother.

Question 2

What could be considered to be the best practice for the nurse to follow in giving a newborn his or her first bath?
 
  A) Give the sponge bath in the baby's bed, keeping the baby wrapped and exposing only the body part being washed.
  B) Wash off all traces of blood and massage the vernix into the skin.
  C) Use a soap such as hexachlorophene to minimize transmission of infection from maternal blood-borne pathogens.
  D) Apply ointment or talcum powder to the perineal area and buttocks after washing.


elyse44

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Reply #1 on: Jun 28, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

B


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