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A baby with hemolytic jaundice is being treated with fluorescent phototherapy.
To provide safe newborn care, which of the following actions should the nurse perform?
Phototherapy can damage the baby’s eyes and cause retinal injury. Eye pads should be used to protect the baby’s eyes from the light and should be removed every 4 hours to check for infection or injury.
Because turning the lights off for ten minutes every hour would reduce the effectiveness of phototherapy and prolong the treatment time. Phototherapy aims to expose the baby’s skin to as much light as possible.
Clothing the baby in a shirt and diaper only would limit the amount of skin exposed to the light. The baby should be naked or wear only a diaper during phototherapy.
Tightly swaddling the baby in a baby blanket would also limit the amount of skin exposed to the light and increase the risk of overheating. The baby should be loosely wrapped or uncovered during phototherapy.
This is because phototherapy can damage the baby’s eyes and cause retinal injury. Eye pads should be used to protect the baby’s eyes from the light and should be removed every 4 hours to check for infection or injury.
Choice B is wrong because turning the lights off for ten minutes every hour would reduce the effectiveness of phototherapy and prolong the treatment time. Phototherapy aims to expose the baby’s skin to as much light as possible.
Choice C is wrong because clothing the baby in a shirt and diaper only would limit the amount of skin exposed to the light. The baby should be naked or wear only a diaper during phototherapy.
Choice D is wrong because tightly swaddling the baby in a baby blanket would also limit the amount of skin exposed to the light and increase the risk of overheating. The baby should be loosely wrapped or uncovered during phototherapy.