The nurse is performing an assessment on a newborn and notes a thin, milky discharge from the infant's nipple. The nurse knows this is a:
1. congenital anomaly.
2. highly irregular finding.
3. reason to call in a specialist.
4. common finding in newborns.
4
Rationale 1: The breast tissue of newborns is sometimes swollen because of hyperestrogenism of pregnancy, and some infants may produce a thin discharge called "witch's milk," which subsides as the infant's body eliminates maternal hormones. This is not considered a congenital anomaly.
Rationale 2: The breast tissue of newborns is sometimes swollen because of hyperestrogenism of pregnancy, and some infants may produce a thin discharge called "witch's milk," which subsides as the infant's body eliminates maternal hormones; therefore, this is not considered an irregular finding.
Rationale 3: The breast tissue of newborns is sometimes swollen because of hyperestrogenism of pregnancy, and some infants may produce a thin discharge called "witch's milk," which subsides as the infant's body eliminates maternal hormones; therefore, there would be no reason to contact a specialist.
Rationale 4: The breast tissue of newborns is sometimes swollen because of hyperestrogenism of pregnancy, and some infants may produce a thin discharge called "witch's milk," which subsides as the infant's body eliminates maternal hormones; therefore, this assessment finding is common in newborns.
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