Newborn Nursing Care Q 23

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After reviewing the client’s maternal history of magnesium sulfate during labor, which condition would the nurse anticipate as a potential problem in the neonate?

  

     A. Hypoglycemia

     B. Jitteriness

     C. Respiratory depression

     D. Tachycardia

    

    

Correct Answer: C. Respiratory depression.

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Option C: Magnesium sulfate crosses the placenta and adverse neonatal effects are respiratory depression, hypotonia, and Bradycardia.

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