To prevent the abduction of newborns from the hospital, the nurse should:
a. Instruct the mother not to give her infant to anyone except the one nurse assigned to her that day.
b. Apply an electronic and identification bracelet to mother and infant.
c. Carry the infant when transporting him or her in the halls.
d. Restrict the amount of time infants are out of the nursery.
ANS: B
A measure taken by many facilities is to band both the mother and the baby with matching iden-tification bracelets and band the infant with an electronic device that will alarm if the infant is removed from the maternity unit. It is impossible for one nurse to be on call for one mother and baby for the entire shift, so parents need to be able to identify the nurses who are working on the unit. Infants should always be transported in their bassinette, for both safety and security rea-sons. All maternity unit nursing staff should have unique identification bracelets in comparison with the rest of the hospital. Infants should remain with their parents and spend as little time in the nursery as possible.
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