While Assessing the Integument of a 24-Hour-Old Newborn,the Nurse Notes

question 34

Multiple Choice

While assessing the integument of a 24-hour-old newborn,the nurse notes a pink papular rash with vesicles superimposed on the thorax,back,and abdomen.What action is the highest priority for the nurse to take at this time?

• A) Immediately notify the physician.
• B) Move the newborn to an isolation nursery.
• C) Document the finding as erythema toxicum neonatorum.
• D) Take the newborn's temperature, and obtain a culture of one of the vesicles.

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