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Nursing Interventions in Newborn Assessment
Nursing Interventions in Newborn Assessment ( 4 Questions)
A nurse is preparing to perform a newborn assessment.
What is the first step that the nurse should take?
Informed consent from the parents or guardians is not required for a routine newborn assessment.Consent is implied when the parents bring the newborn to the health care facility.
Positioning the newborn in a supine position on a flat surface is not the first step, but rather the second step after performing hand hygiene.The supine position allows for a complete head-to-toe examination of the newborn.
This is the first step that the nurse should take before performing a newborn assessment to prevent the transmission of infection.According to the CDC, hand hygiene is the most important measure to prevent healthcare-associated infections.
Administering prophylactic medications to the newborn is not part of the newborn assessment, but rather a separate intervention that requires a physician’s order and informed consent from the parents or guardians.
C. Perform hand hygiene or use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
This is the first step that the nurse should take before performing a newborn assessment to prevent the transmission of infection. According to the CDC, hand hygiene is the most important measure to prevent healthcare-associated infections.
Choice A is wrong because informed consent from the parents or guardians is not required for a routine newborn assessment. Consent is implied when the parents bring the newborn to the health care facility.
Choice B is wrong because positioning the newborn in a supine position on a flat surface is not the first step, but rather the second step after performing hand hygiene. The supine position allows for a complete head-to-toe examination of the newborn.
Choice D is wrong because administering prophylactic medications to the newborn is not part of the newborn assessment, but rather a separate intervention that requires a physician’s order and informed consent from the parents or guardians.
Prophylactic medications may include vitamin K injection, eye ointment, and hepatitis B vaccine.