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

question 8

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.The nurse should:

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

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