Newborns’ Basic Needs
Newborns’ Basic Needs ( 4 Questions)
A nurse is administering prophylactic eye ointment and vitamin K injection to a newborn within 1 hour of birth.
What are the rationales for these interventions? (Select all that apply.)
This is a serious eye infection that can lead to blindness if untreated. Prophylactic eye ointment, such as erythromycin, is given to the newborn within 1 hour of birth to prevent this infection.
This is a bleeding disorder that can occur due to low levels of vitamin K, which is essential for blood clotting. Newborns are at risk of vitamin K deficiency because their colon is sterile and they do not produce enough of it. Vitamin K injection is given to the newborn within 1 hour of birth to prevent this disease.
This is incorrect because retinopathy of prematurity is a condition that affects premature infants who receive high levels of oxygen therapy. It causes abnormal blood vessel growth in the retina, which can lead to vision loss. This intervention is not relevant for a term newborn who does not need oxygen therapy.
This is incorrect because neonatal jaundice is a common condition that occurs when the newborn
The correct answer is choice A and B. The rationale for these interventions are:
• Choice A: To prevent ophthalmia neonatorum caused by gonorrhea or chlamydia.
This is a serious eye infection that can lead to blindness if untreated. Prophylactic eye ointment, such as erythromycin, is given to the newborn within 1 hour of birth to prevent this infection.
• Choice B: To prevent hemorrhagic disease of the newborn caused by vitamin K deficiency.
This is a bleeding disorder that can occur due to low levels of vitamin K, which is essential for blood clotting.
Newborns are at risk of vitamin K deficiency because their colon is sterile and they do not produce enough of it. Vitamin K injection is given to the newborn within 1 hour of birth to prevent this disease.
• Choice C: To prevent retinopathy of prematurity caused by oxygen toxicity.
This is incorrect because retinopathy of prematurity is a condition that affects premature infants who receive high levels of oxygen therapy.
It causes abnormal blood vessel growth in the retina, which can lead to vision loss.
This intervention is not relevant for a term newborn who does not need oxygen therapy.
• Choice D: To prevent neonatal jaundice caused by bilirubin accumulation.
This is incorrect because neonatal jaundice is a common condition that occurs when the newborn