Overstimulation may cause increased oxygen use in a preterm infant. Which nursing in-tervention helps to avoid this problem?
a. Group all care activities together to provide long periods of rest.
b. While giving your report to the next nurse, stand in front of the incubator and talk softly about how the infant responds to stimulation.
c. Teach the parents signs of overstimulation, such as turning the face away or stif-fening and extending the extremities and fingers.
d. Keep charts on top of the incubator so the nurses can write on them there.
C
Parents should be taught these signs of overstimulation so they will learn to adapt their care to the needs of their infant.
This may understimulate the infant during those long periods and overtire the infant during the procedures.
Options B and C may cause overstimulation.
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