Nursing Interventions to Maintain a Patent Airway in a Newborn

question 15

Multiple Choice

Nursing interventions to maintain a patent airway in a newborn should include:

• A)sleeping in the prone (on abdomen) position.
• B)wrapping neonate as snugly as possible.
• C)positioning neonate supine while sleeping.
• D)using bulb syringe to suction as needed, suctioning nose first, and then pharynx.

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Definitions:

Alternative Hypothesis

A statement in hypothesis testing that proposes there is a statistically significant difference or effect, in contrast to the null hypothesis.

Chi-square Test

A statistical assessment designed to ascertain whether a notable relationship exists between two variables of categorical nature.

Association

A relationship or connection between two or more variables, where changes in one variable may be related to changes in another, though not necessarily causally.

Row Variable

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