Mr and Mrs .Atkins are the parents of a 34 -week gestation ,2-lbbaby born last night after a short 4-hour labor .Their baby took afew gasping respirations at birth but then stopped breathing .Hewas resuscitated by the neonatal nurse practitioner and respiratorytherapist and then transported to the intensive care nursery .Mr.Atkins was not present for the birth because he was out of town onbusiness.You notice Mrs. Atkins has not visited the intensive carenursery to see her son. She also refused to sign the birthcertificate because she could not decide on a name . She said “ Idon’t want to give him our favorite name because he might die “.Mr. Atkins called early in this morning and acted more upset thebaby was born than relieved the baby was receiving intensivecare.You hear him ask his wife ,”what did you do to cause this?”
Critiical Thinking Exercise 1. Mrs ,Atkins does not want tovisit or “ waste her favorite name “ on her new baby because thebaby might die .How would you advise her ? 2. Retinopathy ofprematurity is an example of a disease caused by the therapy givenan infant .What measure woud you take to safeguard Baby Atkinsagainst this disorder ?
