The nurse is explaining Dr. T. Berry Brazelton's Neonatal Behavioral Scale to the parents of a newborn. The scale identifies six states of reactivity in newborns. The newborn's body is relatively still and his eyes are open.
The parents ask which state the baby is in right now and how should they react to this state? What is the best answer the nurse could give? The baby is in the:
A) active alert state; rock the baby to sleep.
B) active alert state; play with the baby.
C) quiet alert state; rock the baby to sleep.
D) quiet alert state; play with the baby.
Question 2
The nurse is caring for a child who has been a patient on the pediatric unit for several weeks. The child has a terminal illness and is dying. The caregivers and the nurse are in the room when the child takes the last breath and dies.
Which of the following actions by the nurse would be considered appropriate at this time? The nurse:
A) walks out of the room and calls the nursing supervisor and chaplain.
B) tells the family he or she shares in their sadness and cries with them.
C) maintains his or her professional demeanor and tells the caregivers that a staff person will be in to take the body soon.
D) consoles the family members by hugging or rubbing their backs and moves to a corner in the room to cry.
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A nurse prepares a client for anesthesia and surgery.
Major features of the Solar System (not to scale)
pH Scale
Glasgow Coma Scale
Measuring the client’s height with a platform scale