feeding, measurement, diaper/urine collection- lab

Question 1

Urine Collection Techniques

Answer 1

• U-bags
  • Cotton Balls
  • Straight Catheterization
  • Clean Catch
  • Urine Screening for Glucose, Ketones, Protein, Blood, pH, and Specific Gravity
  • For males, place the entire penis in the bag and attach the adhesive to the skin.
  • For females, place the bag over the labia.

Question 2

Weighing Infants, Toddlers, and Children

Answer 2

• Make sure scale is covered with clean blanket or disposable paper.
• Make sure scale is zeroed with the above!!
• Make sure infant is naked for most accurate weight.
• Older children weighed in underpants/gown
• Try to use same scale and same time of day if possible.
• Prevent falls: Never leave infants/child’s side while they are on scale.

Question 3

Measuring the Pediatric Population

Answer 3

• Make sure head is midline, line of vision parallel to floor, shoulders touching, buttocks touching, heels touching and
together. Length board with 2 people assisting is most accurate!
• OFC: head circumference: use paper tape measure around the occipitofrontal circumference (the widest diameter)
of the newborn’s head, positioning it above the ears and just above the eyebrows. Adjust the tape measure at the
occipital bone to obtain the largest measurement, and read the tape in centimeters at the zero mark.
• Crown-to-heel recumbent length infant/child placed in lying position on infant scale, crib, or bed.
• Tricks to the trade: you can have helper assist with lying infant flat… you mark on paper/sheet infants crown and
helper marks the heel (toes flexed). Give infant back to caregiver and use measuring tape to measure your
markings!
• Stadiometer, paper tape, measuring tape may be used for the standing child.

Question 4

TYPICAL ABDUCTOR- code pink

Answer 4

• Almost all abductions of infants that take place in hospitals have characteristics that are typical.
• Character profile of a typical infant abductor:
• Female, age 15-44, often overweight.
• Most likely emotionally immature and compulsive.
• Frequently has lost a baby or incapable of having one.
• Often married or cohabiting; companion’s desire for a child may be the motivation for the abduction.
• Considers the baby her own once the abduction occurs.
• Typically does not harm the baby.
• Usually lives in the community where the abduction takes place.