When 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:
1. notify the physician immediately.
2. move the newborn to an isolation nursery.
3. document the finding as erythema toxicum.
4. take the newborn's temperature and obtain a culture of one of the vesicles
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1. Incorrect. This is a normal finding that does not require notification of the physician.
2. Incorrect. This is a normal finding that does not require the newborn to be isolated.
3. Correct. Erythema toxicum (or erythema neonatorum) is a newborn rash that resembles flea bites.
4. Incorrect. This is a normal finding that does require any additional interventions.
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