Which is the priority intervention when planning care for an infant who is diagnosed with eczema?
1. Applying antibiotics to lesions
2. Keeping the baby content
3. Maintaining adequate nutrition
4. Preventing infection of lesions
4
Explanation:
1. Antibiotics are not routinely applied to the lesions, since the lesions are not related to infection. However, impaired skin barrier function and cutaneous immunity place the infant at greater risk for the development of skin infection.
2. Keeping the infant content is not as high a priority as is prevention of infection. An infant with eczema is at a greater risk for the development of skin infection.
3. Maintaining adequate nutrition is important, but it is not as high a priority. Due to impaired skin barrier function and cutaneous immunity, an infant with eczema is at greater risk for the development of skin infection.
4. Nursing care should focus on preventing infection of lesions. Due to impaired skin barrier function and cutaneous immunity, an infant with eczema is at greater risk for the development of skin infections by organisms.
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