What should nursing care of an infant with oral candidiasis (thrush) include?
a. Avoid use of a pacifier.
b. Continue medication for the prescribed number of days.
c. Remove the characteristic white patches with a soft cloth.
d. Apply medication to the oral mucosa, being careful that none is ingested.
ANS: B
The medication must be continued for the prescribed number of days. To prevent relapse, therapy should continue for at least 2 days after the lesions disappear. Pacifiers can be used. The pacifier should be replaced with a new one or boiled for 20 minutes once daily. One of the characteristics of thrush is that the white patches cannot be removed. The medication is applied to the oral mucosa and then swallowed to treat Candida albicans infection in the gastrointestinal tract.
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