MATCHING Car Seat Safety Is an Essential Part of Discharge Planning

question 42

Multiple Choice

MATCHING
Car seat safety is an essential part of discharge planning, and infants younger than 37 weeks of gestation should have a period of observation in an appropriate car seat to monitor for possible apnea, bradycardia, and decreased SaO₂. The nurse who is about to perform a car seat evaluation on a late-preterm infant will perform the sequence of the test in which order?

-Step 7

• A)Secure the infant in the car seat per guidelines using blanket rolls on the side.
• B)Leave the infant undisturbed for 90 to 120 minutes.
• C)Set the heart rate alarm at 80 beats/min and the apnea alarm at 20 seconds.
• D)Document the infant's tolerance to the test.
• E)Perform the evaluation 1 to 7 days before discharge.
• F)Use the parent's car seat.
• G)Set the pulse oximeter low alarm at 88%.

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