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Assessment           Diagnosis              Planning              Intervention               Rationale              Evaluation
- skin appearing    Risk for injury      After series of        Remove clothing and      Aids in diagnosing       Goal met.
light yellow        related to           nursing                exposed to               underlying cause in      After series of
- sclera            abnormal blood       interventions, the     phototherapy.            connection with the      nursing
appearing light     profile as           bilirubin level will                            appearance of            intervention the
yellow              evidenced by         be decreased.                                   jaundice                 bilirubin level was
- afebrile          increase                                                                                      decreased to 0.20
- with thin and     bilirubin level of                          Covered eyes and         To prevent eyes from     mg/dl.
dry skin            1.59mg/dl                                   genitalia                direct exposure to
- under intensive                                                                        light and prevent
and                                                                                      sterility of the baby
phototherapy
-with eye and                                                   Repositioned the baby    To prevent burns
genital shield                                                  every 2 hours.
                                                                Kept warm and dry.       To prevent further
                                                                                         complications.
                                                                Vital signs taken and    To obtain the baseline
                                                                recorded every 1 hour.   data
                                                                Instructed on Strict     To prevent aspiration
                                                                Aspiration Precaution    pneumonia and to
                                                                (SAP) and advised the    prevent colic.
                                                                mother to burp the
                                                                baby every after
                                                                feeding
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                    Monitored input and      To prevent
                    output.                  dehydration and
                                             replace fluid and
                                             electrolyte lost
                    Provided quiet and       To promote comfort
                    warm environment         and prevent irritability
                    Instructed the mother    To promote sense of
                    to use stimulation       warmth, security and
                    technique such as        attachment
                    touching.
                    Health teachings given   To detect early the
                    to the mother such as    possible diseases of
                    personal hygiene,        the patient
                    importance of
                    breastfeeding, and
                    newborn screening.
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   Assessment         Diagnosis           Planning             Intervention                Rationale              Evaluation
- with slightly    Risk for fluid    After series of      Monitored input and       To prevent               Goal met.
yellowish skin     imbalance         nursing              output.                   dehydration and          After series of
color and sclera   related to        interventions, the                             replace fluid and        nursing
- fairly active    prolonged         risk for fluid                                 electrolyte lost         interventions, the
- with good        exposure to       imbalance will be                                                       risk for fluid
sucking reflex     phototherapy as   prevented.           Vital signs taken and     To obtain the baseline   imbalance is
- afebrile         evidenced by                           recorded                  data                     prevented as
- negative (-)     dry skin                                                                                  evidenced by good
adventitious                                              Bedside care done         To promote comfort       skin turgor.
breath sounds                                             including stretching of   and good hygiene
upon                                                      linens and organizing
auscultation on                                           bedsides
both bilateral
lung fields                                               Instructed Strict         To prevent aspiration
                                                          Aspiration Precaution     pneumonia
                                                          (SAP)
                                                          Kept back dry             To prevent further
                                                                                    complications
                                                          Health teachings given    To promote healthy
                                                          to the mother such as     lifestyle
                                                          the importance of
                                                          breastfeeding, hand
                                                          washing, and proper
                                                          hygiene
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   Assessment          Diagnosis           Planning             Intervention                Rationale              Evaluation
- skin appearing    Risk for skin     After series of      Maintained and             To protect retina from   Goal met.
light yellow        breakdown         nursing              monitored babys eye       damage due to high       After 8 hours of
- sclera            related to        interventions, the   patches while under        intensity of light       nursing
appearing light     prolonged use     patients risk of    phototherapy                                        interventions, the
yellow              of phototherapy   skin breakdown                                                           patient was free
- afebrile                            will be avoided.     Removed baby under         To provide visual        from skin
- with thin and                                            phototherapy and           stimulation and          breakdown.
dry skin                                                   removed eye patches        facilitates attachment
-with                                                      during feeding             behaviors
desquamation of
the skin                                                   Inspected eyes every       To reduce
- under intensive                                          after phototherapy for     complications and
and single                                                 conjunctivitis, drainage   monitor the
phototherapy                                               and corneal abrasions      effectiveness of the
                                                           due to irritation from     management
                                                           eye patches
                                                           Provided minimal           To provide maximal
                                                           coverage of the body       exposure and
                                                           except for genitals        shielded the sensitive
                                                                                      parts such as the
                                                                                      eyes and genitals
                                                           Repositioned the baby      To promote equal
                                                           every 2 hours              distribution of
                                                                                      phototherapy
                                                                                      exposure
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