A 16-year-old primipara delivers a 6-pound, 5-ounce baby vaginally without complications. The client's culture for chlamydia at 34 weeks was positive, but she did not get the prescription filled to treat the infection
Discharge teaching for this client should include monitoring her baby for a. oral thrush c. respiratory symptoms
b. poor feeding d. skin rash
C
Maternal chlamydial infection can result in neonatal pneumonia. Prevention of pneumonia requires that chlamydia infection be treated during pregnancy. Since the chlamydia was not treated, the mother must be taught how to monitor the baby for respiratory symptoms.
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