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A nurse is teaching a newly licensed nurse about collecting a specimen for the universal newborn screening. Which of the following statements should the nurse include in the teaching?
"Obtain an infarmed consent prior to ottaining the specimen
INCORRECT
The universal newborn screening is mandated by law for all newborns. Therefore, the nurse does not need to olitain informed consent prior to obtaining the specimen
Collect at least milliliter of urine for the test."
INCORRECT
The nurse should collect a capillary blood sample via heel stick for the newborn screening, Sirine is not collected for this sest
Enture that the newbom has been recruing feedings for 24 hours prior to obsaming the specmen
CORRECT
The nurse should entture that the newborn has been receiving regular feedings for at least 24 hr prior to testing
Premature newbornt may have false negative tests due to immature development of wer enzymes
INCORRECT My Arower
Premature nentorns have a delayed development of liver enzymes which can cause a false positive result
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