The nurse caring for a 3-month-old infant with eczema is planning nursing care for this infant. The nurse should focus on
1. maintaining adequate nutrition.
2. keeping the baby content.
3. preventing infection of lesions.
4. applying antibiotics to lesions.
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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