To Care Adequately for Infants at Risk for Neonatal Bacterial

question 9

Multiple Choice

To care adequately for infants at risk for neonatal bacterial infection,nurses should be aware that:

• A) congenital infection progresses more slowly than does nosocomial infection.
• B) nosocomial infection can be prevented by effective hand washing; early-onset infections cannot.
• C) infections occur with about the same frequency in boy and girl infants, although female mortality is higher.
• D) the clinical sign of a rapid, high fever makes infection easier to diagnose.

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