The Nurse Is Caring for a Critically Ill Infant in the Neonatal

Multiple Choice

The nurse is caring for a critically ill infant in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) . The infant's parents ask whether the child's 3-year-old sibling can visit. Small children are not permitted to visit the NICU because of the risk of infection to the infants on the unit. Which action by the nurse best demonstrates a compassionate response?

A) Seek permission from unit management and the neonatologist to allow the sibling to visit
B) Offer to make counseling available to the sibling
C) Tell the parents that visiting is not permitted and offer to take pictures of the client
D) Tell the parents to bring the sibling in to visit in the middle of the night