While assessing the integument of a 24-hour-old newborn, the nurse notes a pink, papular rash with vesicles superimposed on the thorax, back, and abdomen. The nurse should:
a. Notify the physician immediately.
b. Move the newborn to an isolation nursery.
c. Document the finding as erythema toxicum.
d. Take the newborn's temperature and obtain a culture of one of the vesicles.
C
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A This is a normal finding that does not require notification of the physician.
B This is a normal finding that does not require the newborn to be isolated.
C Erythema toxicum (or erythema neonatorum) is a newborn rash that resembles flea bites.
D This is a normal finding that does not require any additional interventions.
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