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CCRN Critical Care Nursing

Category - Neonatal

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A newborn mother urgent alerts the neonatal intensive care nurse that her neonate is grunting, nasal flaring and subcostal indrawing. The neonatalologist on call is called and diagnosis the neonate as in respiratory distress and orders blood gases to be obtained every 30 minutes. What type of access line should be inserted into this neonate in this situation?
  1. Arterial line
  2. Venous line
  3. Central venous pressure line
  4. Swan Ganz catheter
Explanation
Answer: A - The access line that needs to be inserted into this neonate in this situation is an arterial line. For the most accurate measurement of saturation of oxygen, arterial blood is required and thus an arterial line is required to be inserted for constant monitoring of arterial blood gases.
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