Exam NCLEX-RN topic 3 question 24 discussion

Actual exam question from Test Prep's NCLEX-RN

Question #: 24
Topic #: 3

After the RN is finished the initial assessment of a newborn baby and after the initial bonding between the newborn and the mother has taken place in the delivery room, the RN will bring the newborn to the well-baby nursery. Before the newborn is taken from the delivery room and brought to the well-baby nursery, the RN makes sure that which of the following interventions was completed?

A. The physician verifies the exact time of birth.
B. The nurse counts the instruments and sponges with the scrub nurse.
C. The nurse instills prophylactic ointment in the conjunctival sacs of the newborn’s eyes.
D. The nurse makes sure the mother and her newborn have been tagged with identical bands.

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Suggested Answer: D 🗳️
(A) The delivery room personnel are responsible for verifying time of birth. (B) The scrub and circulating nurses count sponges and instruments. (C) This intervention is done in the nursery. (D) Tagging the mother and infant with identical bands is of utmost importance. The mother wears one band, and the newborn wears two. Identical numbers on the three bands provide identification for the newborn and the birth mother. Every time the newborn is brought to the mother after delivery, those bands are checked to be sure that the numbers are identical.

by [deleted] at March 10, 2025, 6:29 a.m.

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