Answer:
A hypertonic saline solution to pull water out of her cells
Explanation:
Complete Question:
The nurse administers erythromycin ointment (0.5%) to the eyes of a newborn and the mother asks the nurse why this is performed. Which explanation is best for the nurse to provide about neonatal eye prophylaxis?
1. Protects the newborn's eyes from possible infections acquired while hospitalized.
2. Prevents cataracts in the newborn born to a woman who is susceptible to rubella.
3. Minimizes the spread of microorganisms to the newborn from invasive procedures during labor.
4. Prevents an infection called ophthalmia neonatorum from occurring after delivery in a newborn born to a woman with an untreated gonococcal infection.
Answer:
4. Prevents an infection called ophthalmia neonatorum from occurring after delivery in a newborn born to a woman with an untreated gonococcal infection.
Explanation:
Ophthalmia Neonatorum is an eye infection that affects newborns within the first 30 days after birth. It is also known as “conjunctivitis of the newborn) and is caused by contact of the newborn’s eyes with the birth canal of a mother who has an untreated sexually-transmitted infection like Gonnorrhea.
The newborn is usually treated with an erythromycin eye ointment instilled onto the eyes.
Answer:
When a person dies the medical professional needs to fill the death certificates with the cause, mechanism, and manner of death on it. There is confusion between all three terms.
The cause of death is the reason behind the death such as disease or injury that makes disruption physiologically inside the body of an individual. The mechanism of death is the derangement that arises due to the cause of death and leads to the death of the person. The third term is the manner of death is how death came (physiological reason).
An example is - a person shot by a gun in the chest (cause of death) which leads to excessive blood loss (mechanism of death) which is homicide (manner of death)
Answer: A barbiturate.
Explanation: A barbiturate is a drug that acts as a central nervous system depressant. Barbiturates are effective as anxiolytics, hypnotics, and anticonvulsants, but have physical and psychological addiction potential as well as overdose potential among other possible adverse effects.
The medications would the nurse anticipate administering to this patient include Pyridostigmine, Azathioprine and Prednisone.
Pyridostigmine (Mestinon) is an anticholinesterase that enhances the action of acetylcholine neurotransmitters at the neuromuscular junction.
Azathioprine (Imuran) is an immunosuppressant medication (it has immunomodulatory effects).
Prednisone (Deltasone) is a corticosteroid used to suppress the immune response associated with the symptoms above described.
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