A premature infant is on oxygen therapy. Due to oxygen therapy, the nurse explains to the parents that their infant is at a higher risk for:

Choice A rationale

Advising about birth defects without offering compassionate support can intensify parental grief and fails to acknowledge the significance of their emotional trauma, worsening their psychological response after a stillbirth.

Choice B rationale

Discouraging naming deters parental acknowledgment of their baby's existence, which disrupts grieving processes. Recognizing their loss helps families process grief healthily and facilitates emotional closure.

Choice C rationale

Giving mementos and allowing holding the baby fosters parental bonding and validates their loss. These actions are supported by bereavement care guidelines promoting emotional processing, acceptance, and closure after stillbirth.

Choice D rationale

Immediate morgue transport disregards the psychological needs of grieving parents and deprives them of opportunities to spend time with their baby, essential for acknowledging their loss and beginning grief processing.

Choice A rationale

Surgical intervention is not the initial step for uterine atony as conservative measures, such as fundal massage, are prioritized to encourage uterine contraction and reduce bleeding.

Choice B rationale

Fundal massage stimulates uterine contraction by mechanically compressing the myometrium, which helps to constrict the spiral arteries and reduce hemorrhage caused by uterine atony.

Choice C rationale

Establishing venous access is critical for fluid resuscitation but does not directly address the underlying cause of hemorrhage, which requires mechanical or pharmacological uterine contraction.

Choice D rationale

Catheterizing the bladder can prevent displacement of the uterus but does not directly address uterine atony. An empty bladder supports fundal massage by allowing proper uterine positioning.