RN VATI 2019 MERTERNAL NEWBORN REMEDIATION

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1. Nursing Care and Discharge Teaching: Evaluating Client Understanding of Car Seat Safety A: Use an approved rear-facing car seat in the back seat preferably in the middle (away from air bags and s... ide impact), to transport the newborn. Keep infants in rear-facing car seats until age 2 or until the child reaches the maximum height and weight for the seat. 2. Nursing Care of Newborns: Teaching About Preventing Newborn Abduction A: The newborn, client, and client’s partner are identified by plastic identification wristbands with permanent locks that must be cut to be removed and ID bands should include the newborn’s name, sex, date/time of birth, and the client’s health care record number. All facility staff who assist in caring for the newborn are required to wear photo ID badges and each time the newborn is given to the parents, the ID band should be verified against the client’s ID band. 3. Postpartum Physiological Adaptations: Checking Fundal Height A: Assess the fundal height at least every 8 hr after the recovery period has ended. Determine the fundal height by placing fingers on the abdomen and measuring how many fingerbreadths (cm) fit between the fundus and the umbilicus above, below, or at the umbilical level. Determine if the fundus is midline in the pelvis or displaced laterally (caused by a full bladder). If above the umbilicus, document as +1, U+1, 1/U. If below the umbilicus, document as -1, U-1, U/1. [Show More]

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