A Nurse Delegates the Task of Infant Vital Sign Assessment

Multiple Choice

A nurse delegates the task of infant vital sign assessment to a nurse technician.The nurse should instruct the technician to:

A) Report any infant using abdominal muscles to breathe.
B) Report any infant with a breathing pause that lasts 10 seconds or less.
C) Count respirations for 15 seconds and multiply by 4 to get the rate for 1 minute.
D) Report any infant with a breathing pause that lasts 20 seconds or longer.