A nurse is giving discharge instructions to parents taking a newborn home with apneic episodes. The newborn has an apnea monitor for home. The instructions should include: (Select all that apply.)
1. How to clean the monitor pieces.
2. Allowing the monitor to be off when the parents are sitting with the newborn in an awake state.
3. Never take the monitor off.
4. Take the monitor off when bathing the baby.
5. Reset the alarm limits if the monitor is ringing frequently.
1, 2, 4
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1. Keeping the pieces clean will aid in decreasing the chances for infection and help maintain a working monitor.
2. The newborn can be off the monitor while awake, and being supervised helps decrease skin breakdown.
3. The monitor should be taken off for periods while the newborn is awake and supervised.
4. Since the monitor is electric, it should not become wet at any time.
5. The alarm limits are prescribed by a provider and should not be reset.
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