Author Question: A mother worries about her infant feeling pain during a heel stick for a blood test. What action by ... (Read 187 times)

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A mother worries about her infant feeling pain during a heel stick for a blood test. What action by the nurse is best?
 
  A.
  Encourage breastfeeding during the heel stick.
  B.
  Ice the infant's heel prior to the blood draw.
  C.
  Massage the infant's heel after the needle stick.
  D.
  Reassure the mother that infants don't feel pain.

Question 2

A new nurse is preparing to administer erythromycin (Eyemycin) to an infant. What action by the new nurse would lead the precepting nurse to intervene?
 
  A.
  Applies the medication in a thin strip to each eye
  B.
  Prepares to administer the medication 4 hours after birth
  C.
  Starts to administer the medication at the inner canthus
  D.
  Teaches the parents that mild irritation can occur



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Infants feel pain and remember painful procedures. Breastfeeding has been shown to be an effective, cost-effective, and safe intervention to decrease infants' sensation of pain. Ice and massage would not be warranted.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Prophylactic medication to prevent ophthalmia neonatorum, such as erythromycin, needs to be administered within 1 hour of birth. The other actions are appropriate.



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