The nurse is planning care for a 3-month-old infant diagnosed with eczema. Which should be the focus of the nurse's care for this infant?
1. Maintaining adequate nutrition
2. Keeping the baby content
3. Preventing infection of lesions
4. Applying antibiotics to lesions
Correct Answer: 3
Rationale: 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. Maintaining adequate nutrition and keeping the infant content are not as high a priority. Antibiotics are not routinely applied to the lesions.
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