Author Question: The nurse is positioning a preterm neonate. What are therapeutic positions the nurse should ... (Read 32 times)

KimWrice · **on:** Jun 28, 2018

The nurse is positioning a preterm neonate. What are therapeutic positions the nurse should implement? (Select all that apply.)

a. Elbows extended
b. Hands at the side
c. Neutral or slightly flexed neck
d. Trunk slightly rounded with pelvic tilt
e. Hips partially flexed and adducted to near midline

Question 2

The nurse is caring for a neonate on positive-pressure ventilation. The nurse monitors for which complications of positive-pressure ventilation? (Select all that apply.)

a. Pneumothorax
b. Pneumomediastinum
c. Respiratory distress syndrome
d. Meconium aspiration syndrome
e. Pulmonary interstitial emphysema

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

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C, D, E
Therapeutic positioning of the neonate includes a neutral or slightly flexed neck and the trunk slightly rounded with the pelvis tilted and hips partially flexed and adducted to near midline. The elbows should be flexed, not extended, and the hands should be brought to the face or midline as the position allows, not by the side.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A, B, E
Positive-pressure introduced by mechanical apparatus increases complications such as pulmonary interstitial emphysema, pneumothorax, and pneumomediastinum. Respiratory distress syndrome and meconium aspiration syndrome are not complications of positive-pressure ventilation.