With regard to eventual discharge of the high risk newborn or transfer to a different facility, nurses and families should be aware that
a. Infants will stay in the NICU until they are ready to go home.
b. Once discharged to home, the high risk infant should be treated like any healthy
term newborn.
c. Parents of high risk infants need special support and detailed contact information.
d. If a high risk infant and mother need transfer to a specialized regional center, it is
better to wait until after birth and the infant is stabilized.
C
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A Parents and their high-risk infant should get to spend a night or two in a
predischarge room, where care for the infant is provided away from the NICU.
B Just because high-risk infants are discharged does not mean they are normal,
healthy babies. Follow-up by specialized practitioners is essential.
C High-risk infants can cause profound parental stress and emotional turmoil.
Parents need support, special teaching, and quick access to various resources
available to help them care for their baby.
D Ideally, the mother and baby are transported with the fetus in utero; this reduces
neonatal morbidity and mortality.
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