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͞Baga man hiya hin related to infection could nursing interventions, 
ginsisip-on,͟ as prematurity and drastically the client will: 1. Assessed and 1. Elevated
verbalized by the lowered immune complicate a high- monitored temperature
mother. response in risk newborn͛s 1. Remain free client͛s may indicate
0 presence of newborns. ability to adjust to from temperature. infection.
cough and colds extrauterine life. infection, as
0 increased WBC- Infection, like evidenced by 2. Assessed skin for 2. These may allow
12.2 x109/L (5- chilling, increases temperature presence of the entry of
10x109/L) metabolic oxygen within normal abrasions and infection into
0 decreased demands, which range. wounds. the body.
hemoglobin- the stressed
128g/L (140- newborn may not 2. Infections or 3. Stressed to SO 3. Reduces risk of
180g/L) be able to meet. signs of the importance transmission and
0 decreased The skin of a infections will of proper hand cross-
hematocrit- 0.37 preterm baby is be recognized washing when contamination
(0.42-0.47) easily traumatized early to allow handling the of
0 increased and therefore prompt baby. microorganisms.
lymphocytes- offers less treatment.
0.52 (0.25-0.40) resistance to 4. Encouraged to 4. To prevent
0 very low infection than the 3. SO will wash and keep bacteria from
birthweight- skin and mucous demonstrate OG tube intact contaminating
0 temperature of membranes of a ways to and clean. the OGT.
36.50C mature baby. In prevent
0 has OGT for addition, preterm infection such 5. Encouraged 5. To avoid
feeding infants have a as proper mother to wash contaminating
lowered resistance hand washing hands when the expressed
to infection. They and keeping expressing breast milk.
have difficulty OGT clean. breast milk for
producing OGT feeding and
phagocytes to to place the milk
localize infection in a clean
and have a container.
deficiency of IgM 6. Newborns offer
antibodies because 6. Emphasized to less resistance to
of insufficient mother the microorganisms.
production. importance of
-Maternal and Child cleaning the
*ealth Nursing: newborn daily.
Care of the
Childbearing and
Childrearing
Family;Vol.1; Adele
Pillitteri; pp.
756,771