The nurse is teaching a family regarding newborn safety and preventing misidentification or abduction. What is the most important thing the nurse can teach the family of a newborn to prevent abduction while the baby is in the hospital?
A) Learn to recognize the baby's cry.
B) Check the name on the baby's identification bracelet each time the baby comes into the room.
C) Check the number on the baby's identification bracelet.
D) Check the identification badge of any health care worker before he or she takes the baby from the room.
Question 2
During a 2 year old's well-child visit, the nurse notes that the child weighed 22 pounds and was 24 inches tall at age 1 . If this child is following a normal pattern of growth, the nurse would expect the child to now weigh about:
A) 24 pounds and be 26 inches tall.
B) 30 pounds and be 27 inches tall.
C) 34 pounds and be 32 inches tall.
D) 36 pounds and be 33 inches tall.
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