Sometime during an infant's hospital stay, a nurse observes a yellowish color developing in the baby's skin. The next nursing action should be to
a. check the medical record to verify the age of the infant
b. cover the baby's eyes with a blindfold and put the baby under the ultraviolet light
c. notify the physician of the development immediately
d. take a heel blood sample and send it to the lab
A
Checking the neonate's age would provide information as to whether the jaundice is physiological or pathological. Covering the baby's eyes with a blindfold and putting the baby under the ultraviolet light is the treatment for pathological jaundice, but the nurse would have to know the neonate's age and bilirubin level before this intervention. The nurse should not notify the health care provider until after the neonate's age has been verified. The nurse may need to take a heel blood sample and send it to the lab, but not until after the neonate's age has been verified.
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1. When the nurse reaches for a 9-month-old, the infant grabs her mother and cries. 2. The parent swaddles her 1-month-old, who is crying after an immunization. 3. A 10-month-old reportedly sleeps about 12 hour total per night. 4. A 9-month-old avoids eye contact with parents and the nurse.
In the case of Tarosoff v. The Regents of the University of California (1976), the court said that health care providers have a duty to breach confidentiality when:
a. a mentally ill person has a history of violence b. a client, with a psychiatric diagnosis that carries any risk of harm to others, returns to his or her family c. a client tells the health care provider that he or she is going to harm anyone who mistreats him or her d. a client makes a specific threat to an identifiable person
MMSE stands for:
a. Minimum Mean Square Error. b. Mini-Mental State Exam. c. Medicare Medication Service Evaluation. d. Mini-Mental Senility Evaluation.