Which action is recommended to promote newborn rest during care?

Which action is recommended to promote newborn rest during care?

• A. Decrease lighting in the room.
• B. Maintain constant eye contact during feedings.
• C. Weigh the newborn daily.
• D. Administer oral morphine.

Answer: (A)

Dim lighting helps create a calm, soothing environment that lowers sensory stimulation and supports longer, more restful sleep for the newborn. Since newborns have immature sleep-wake cycles, bright light and excess noise can easily wake them, so a dim room signals rest and helps them settle. The other ideas don’t promote rest in the same way: constant eye contact during feedings can be overstimulating and keep the baby more alert; daily weighing focuses on growth monitoring rather than promoting sleep; and giving morphine is not appropriate for promoting rest in a newborn and could be dangerous. In practice, combine dim lighting with a quiet, gentle routine, soft handling, and comforting techniques to help the baby rest.

Dim lighting helps create a calm, soothing environment that lowers sensory stimulation and supports longer, more restful sleep for the newborn. Since newborns have immature sleep-wake cycles, bright light and excess noise can easily wake them, so a dim room signals rest and helps them settle. The other ideas don’t promote rest in the same way: constant eye contact during feedings can be overstimulating and keep the baby more alert; daily weighing focuses on growth monitoring rather than promoting sleep; and giving morphine is not appropriate for promoting rest in a newborn and could be dangerous. In practice, combine dim lighting with a quiet, gentle routine, soft handling, and comforting techniques to help the baby rest.