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.
Baby is in preterm delivered is documentation is most accurate for the newborn that was at the 8th percentile with a weight of 2350 g and born at 36 weeks' gestation.
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What is gestation?</h3>
Gestation is the phase of growth that takes place inside viviparous mammals during the bearing of an embryo and ultimately a fetus (the embryo develops within the parent).
The final period through the 13th week constitutes the first trimester, followed by the 14th week through the 28th or 29th week and the 29th or 30th week through the 42nd week in the third trimester.
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Increased susceptibility to disease
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