A postpartum client calls the nursery to report that her 3-day-old newborn has passed a bright green stool. The nurse's best response is:
1. "Take your newborn to the pediatrician."
2. "There might be a food allergy."
3. "Your newborn has diarrhea."
4. "This is to be expected."
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Rationale:
1. By the third day of life, the newborn's stools appear thin brown–to-green. The green color of stool is not due to food allergies or characterized as diarrhea, but is a transitional stool consisting of part meconium and part fecal material.
2. By the third day of life, the newborn's stools appear thin brown–to-green. The green color of stool is not due to food allergies or characterized as diarrhea, but is a transitional stool consisting of part meconium and part fecal material.
3. By the third day of life, the newborn's stools appear thin brown–to-green. The green color of stool is not due to food allergies or characterized as diarrhea, but is a transitional stool consisting of part meconium and part fecal material.
4. By the third day of life, the newborn's stools appear thin brown–to-green. The green color of stool is not due to food allergies or characterized as diarrhea, but is a transitional stool consisting of part meconium and part fecal material.
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