As the nurse manager, you have been orienting a new nurse in the nursery for the past few weeks. Although she has been demonstrating adequacy with most procedures, today you observe her bathing several newborns without covering them, weighing them on the scale without a cover, leaving the storage door open with the transporter nearby, and leaving the newborns’ head covers and blankets off after showing them to family members through the nursery observation window.
a. What is your impression of this behavior?
b. What principles concerning thermoregulation need to be reinforced?
c. How will you evaluate whether your instructions have been effective?
