Exam 51: Neonatal and Newborn

The nurse is instructing a nursing student who will administer erythromycin ophthalmic ointment and phytonadione (vitamin K)injection to a newborn infant.The nurse will instruct the student to perform which action?

The nurse prepares to assist with beractant (Survanta)administration to an infant who is intubated and mechanically ventilated.After removing the drug from the refrigerator,the nurse will perform which action?

A woman who has just delivered her infant observes the nurse administering ophthalmic ointment into her infant's eyes,and she asks why this is being done.The nurse will explain that this ointment is given for which purpose?

The nurse is caring for a newborn infant whose mother is HBsAg-negative.The nurse expects to give the infant

The nurse tells a postpartal woman that her baby will need hepatitis B vaccine.The mother says she does not want her baby to have a shot and refuses to sign the consent.The nurse will