Question

While assessing a term neonate on a home visit to a primiparous client 2 weeks after a vaginal birth, the nurse observes that the neonate is slightly jaundiced and the stool is a pale, light color. the nurse notifies the health care provider (hcp) because these findings indicate which problem?

Answer 1

Based on the scenario above, these findings indicate the problem of biliary atresia. Biliary atresia is considered to be a rare disease of the liver as well as the bile ducts that primarily occurs in the infants in which the cells of the liver produces bile that is responsible of digesting fat.