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CCRN Critical Care Nursing

Category - Neonatal

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Baby Allan has just been born and Nurse Wayne is checking him for appropriate sensory behavior. Which finding is true about baby Allan’s sensory behaviors at birth?
  1. Nurse Wayne should stand between 30" and 33" away and wave.
  2. Nurse Wayne should stand between 7" to 12" away and wave.
  3. Nurse Wayne should stand between 38" to 40" away and wave.
  4. Nurse Wayne should stand between 3" to 6" away and wave.
Explanation
Answer: B - In order to check baby Allan’s sensory behaviors at birth, Nurse Wayne should stand between 7" to 12" away and wave. This is to ensure that baby Allan can utilize his sense of vision, including visual acuity and fields as well, his sense of detecting a being or object in his vicinity.
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